Hanifa : Kano State revokes operational licences of all private schools
Hanifa was reportedly kidnapped in December 2021 and subsequently killed by her schoolteacher who was also the headteacher of her school, Noble Kids Academy.
The culprit, Abdulmalik Tanko, reportedly held the child captive for 47 days and demanded a N6million ransom before later killing her.
The culprit was said to have buried the deceased on the premises of the school. The police eventually discovered the schoolgirl’s decomposed body on Thursday, 20th January 2022 while Tanko was arrested.
Hanifa : Kano State revokes operational licences of all private schools
The Kano state government has revoked the certificate of all private schools as it moves to revalidate their certification.
This revocation is in response to the murder of late Hanifa Abubakar by her school proprietor, and two others.
Hon Muhammad Sanusi, the State’s commissioner for education stated this on Monday while addressing newsmen on the decision of the government to revoke the certificates
He said; ”we are all aware of the ongoing case concerning Hanifa’s death as she was gruesomely murdered by a suspect called Abdulmalik Tanko who is the proprietor of Noble Kids Academy and in view of the sad incidence, especially regarding to how she was murdered in the private school, the state government has decided to withdraw the certificates of all private schools for revalidation.
“The ministry of education will set a criteria for their recertification.
A panel has been set-up comprising of the ministry of Justice, Department of State Service, (DSS), Civil Defense and other agencies to look into the revalidation of all private schools in Kano State.” He said
”Presently we have seven directorates for private schools headed by a director and the 44 local government areas of the state have been zoned to these directorates.
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If we discover any private school not registered operating after the exercise, the director in-charge of the zone would answer questions on that”, Kiru added.