The governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has warned residents of the state that it is a punishable crime for a child of school age to be found roaming the streets during schools hours.
According to the Governor, the Kogi Education Law 2020 has made it a crime for any child of school age to be found roaming the streets during official school hours in the state.
This is one of the strategies of the state government to combat to drastically reduce the number of Out-of-School Children in the state.
The Governor disclosed this during the inauguration of the National Identification and Enrolment Drive and Campaign on Out-of-School Children, by the Federal Ministry of Education (FMoE), in Lokoja.
Yahaya Bell who was represented by the state’s commissioner for education, science and technology, Hon. Wemi Jones stressed that he had taken education as the number one priority in the thematic areas of focus under his New Direction Administration.
According to him, the government sees education as the only channel through which we can emancipate our people on a sustainable basis.
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