The action followed outrage that greeted the killing of a five-year-old girl, Hanifa Abubukar, by Abdulmalik Tanko, proprietor of Noble Kids Academy in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state.
Kano State Government has revoked operating licences of all private schools in the state
The action followed outrage that greeted the killing of a five-year-old girl, Hanifa Abubukar, by Abdulmalik Tanko, proprietor of Noble Kids Academy in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state.
The deceased child, who attended the school, was kidnapped and subsequently killed by her school proprietor.
Tanko had confessed killing her with a rat poison he bought for N100.
The state’s Commissioner for Education, Sunusi Sa’id Kiru, while speaking on Monday said the revoked licences will be reviewed and revalidated after certification.
“I want to use this opportunity to inform everyone that hence, the government has decided to revoke all certificates of private schools in the State.
”We are all aware of the ongoing case of Hanifa; how she was gruesomely murdered by a suspect called Abdulmalik Tanko who is the proprietor of Noble Kids Academy.
“The state government has decided to withdraw the certificate of all private schools for revalidation.
“The Ministry of Education will set criteria for their recertification. A panel has been set up comprising of the Ministry of Justice, Department of State Service, Civil Defense and other security agencies to look into the revalidation of all private schools in Kano State.”