Gov Ganduje revokes private schools’ licenses over 5-year-old girl’s killing
Gov Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has revoked the licences of all private schools in the state following the killing of Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year pupil of Noble Kids Academy in Kwanar Dakata, Nassarawa local government area of the state, by the school proprietor, Tanko Abdulmalik.
Kano State Commissioner for Education, Sanusi Saidu-Kiru, announced the government’s decision at a media briefing on Monday.
He said, “All the certificates issued to private schools in Kano State are hereby revoked.
“A committee has been put in place to look into the registration of all private schools in the state.”
The commissioner said that the government would undertake the recertification of all private schools in the state based on a list of parameters to be announced shortly by the ministry.
The Police Command in the state had earlier this month arrested Abdulmalik for killing the girl after collecting a N6million ransom from her parents.
Abdulmalik had also confessed to killing the five-year-old with rat poison after discovering that she had recognised him and buried her remains in the college premises with the help of a friend who was also arrested by the police.
