Education is the cornerstone of any society’s development, according to Brigadier General Ibikunle Ademola Ajose, the Acting General Officer Commanding 8 Brigade, Nigeria Army, in Sokoto.
He urged the wives of soldiers to provide a good upbringing for their children in order to preserve the good name and reputation of the Nigerian Army, claiming that the majority of the young people committing crimes in the nation lack formal education.
This was said by Ajose when he opened the Army Cantonment Primary School in the capital city of Gusau, Zamfara State.
He claimed that the lack of education among young people was the cause of the banditry and other criminal activities raging through the north and other parts of the country.
The speaker went on, “The Army will not treat the issue of education with a mere wave of hand. Education is a vital instrument for the development of a society.”
The State’s Universal Basic Education Board, or ZSUBEB, began building the school in 2021 and later abandoned it; however, the Army took over and rebuilt it, according to Brigadier General Sani Ahmed, Commanding Officer of 1 Brigade.
He said he had already promised the families of the Army officers that he would carry on from where the ZSUBEB stopped.
He asked parents not to worry over payment of fees, and uniforms as all that will be sponsored by the Army authority.
