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 IDB president said they were in Kano to inspect the implementation of IDB funded agro-pastoral development project in the state.
Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero commended the role of IDB in the infrastructural and agricultural development of its member countries.
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 IDB, Dr Mohammad said the bank was committed to improving the standard of living and general livelihood of the people.
The IDB President also commissioned an 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 , he 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.
Abdullahi Jalaluddeen
