Support Kano to Curtail the Challenge of Out of School Children – Emir of Kano Tells IsDB President

By Abdullahi Kano

The Emir of Kano Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero has called on Islamic Development Bank to as a matter of urgency intervene into the issue of out of school children in kano and the Nation at large.

The Emir made the call when he received the president of the Islamic Development Bank Dr Mohammad Suleiman Al-Jasir on a courtesy call at his palace.

The IsDB president said they were in Kano to inspect the implementation of IsDB funded Agro-Pastoral development project in Kano.

Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero commended the role of IsDB in the infrastructural and agricultural development in its member countries.

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He solicited the support of the bank to prioritize support in the area of out-of-school children and girl-child education.

” According to statistics from UNICEF, Kano accounts for about 1.5 million out-of-school children in Nigeria.”

In his remarks the President of IsDB, Dr Mohammad said the Bank was committed towards improving the standard of living and general livelihood of the people.

The president also commissioned a animal laboratory financed by the Bank at Gwale veterinary and later visited the IsDB-funded multi-million irrigation project at Wateri village in Bagwai local government area of the state.

During the visit the president inspected the newly rehabilitated 964-hectare dam under the Kano state Agro- pastoral project.

He expressed his satisfaction on the level of the achievement recorded so far, and urged officials of kano overseeing the project to sustain the tempo