The Kano State Government has inaugurated a 16- member committee on schools’ land encroachment with a view to tackling persistent trespass and land encroachment at some schools in the state,
Inaugurating the committee on Thursday, the state Commissioner of Education Alhaji Umar Haruna Doguwa explained that the committee was formed following a series of complaints received by the government on the problems of trespass and land encroachment at some schools by unpatriotic individuals.
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The Commissioner, represented by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Hajiya Kubra Imam, said that the terms of references given to the committee include identifying the affected schools, individuals, communities or any organization involved in encroaching the said land and examine the level of encroachment.
Other terms of references, according to the Commissioner are identifying schools that did not have parameter wall fencing, handling any issue that might have risen in the course of the committee’s findings as well as coming out with appropriate recommendations on the committee’s findings.
Doguwa further advised people who engaged in illegal development at some schools in the state to, with immediate effect, stop from doing so and wait for the government’s position.
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The committee has a Special Adviser to the Governor on vocational training, Habeeb Hassan El-Yakub as Chairman while Alhaji Abdu Sale Deputy Director from the ministry of education would serve as Secretary.
Other members of the committee include representatives of Science and Technical Schools Board, State Universal Basic Education Board, Kano State Senior Secondary Schools Management Board, Qur’anic and Islamiyya Schools Management Board, Chairman State Based Management Committee and State Chairman, Parent Teachers Association.
Other members of the committee include former Chairman Fagge Local Government Area, former Chairman Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area and former and current Land officers from the ministry of Education.
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“Your selection as members of this committee is predicated upon your wealth of experiences, commitment and enthusiasms as well as meritorious records you have in the civil service ” he said.
Speaking on behalf of the committee members, Chairman of the Committee, Habeeb Hassan El-Yakub thanked the state government for finding them worthy to carry out the tasks and assured of the Committee’s determination to complete its assignment within the time frame.
