Nigeria: Bill to Compel Public Officers Wards to Attend Public Schools

The National Assembly will soon come up with a bill which seeks to compel governors, ministers, permanent secretaries, lawmakers, commissioners and other public office holders to send their children to public schools in the country.

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, Rep Abdulmumin Jibrin (PDP, Kano) disclosed this yesterday in Abuja, saying the lawmakers were concerned by the way public schools in the country are allowed to decay due to lack of attention from the authorities.

Jibrin who spoke as the guest speaker at a lecture organized by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), stated that most public office holders in the country, including lawmakers, do not send their children to government schools which is why such schools are now in a sorry state.