Gov El Rufai enrolls 6-yr-old son in public school. Why it matters

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El Rufai, has enrolled his six-year-old son, Abubakar into a public school.

Speaking to newsmen on Monday after enrolling his son into primary one in Capital School Malali, Kaduna, Governor El Rufai said it was in fulfillment of a promise he made in 2017.

“I made that commitment because I believe that it is only when all political leaders have their children in public schools that we will pay due attention to quality of public education.

“I went to a public school like this. In fact, the school I went to is not as good as this one, but here I am, because of the quality teaching I got.

“My intention is to ensure that all our public schools offer quality education, and so we are encouraging all our senior public servants to send their children to public schools.

“Once the public schools are improved to a point they are nearly as good or even better than private schools, no one will waste his money taking his child to private school,” he said.

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El-Rufai had in a state broadcast in December 2017, promised to enroll his child in a public school when he turns six years.

“The move is part of reforms to revamp public schools in the state to make them more competitive.

“We are determined to fix public education and raise their standards so that private education will become only a luxury.

“As we make progress, we will require our senior officials to enroll their children in public schools.

“And I will by personal example ensure that my son that will be six years of age in 2019 will be enrolled in a public school in Kaduna State, by God’s grace,” El-Rufai had said.

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