NUJ Charges Traditional Rulers to Emulate Kanwan Katsina in Capacity Development
By Tunde Ojudun
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Katsina State Council has called on traditional rulers to emulate the Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara mni, in contributing their quota towards the development of their communities.
Chairman of the Council, Tukur Hassan Dan-Ali, made the call when he led his executive to the Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara, as he marks twenty-four years on the throne.
Dan-Ali listed education and human capital developments as the main contributions of the District Head of Ketare to his people which have reflected in the number of primary and secondary schools as well as skills acquisition centers.
According to Dan-Ali, the traditional leaders have the privilege of bringing developmental projects for socio-economic development of their communities like the Kanwan Katsina.
In his response, the Kanwan Katsina, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara recalled that when he was appointed as District Head of Ketare, there was no secondary school in the district but he lobbied for it from the former Governor of Katsina State, late Umaru Musa Yar’adua who graciously responded to the request.
It will be recalled that there was no secondary school in Ketare district when he became the traditional ruler of the district.
The monarch took it upon himself to bring serious educational development to his domain. For example, he constructed a primary school called UK Bello Primary School Ganzamawa over 20 years ago while a new community secondary school has just been constructed in the same Ganzamawa community which admits all the pupils from UK Bello Primary School and other primary schools around the vicinity of the communities.
The Kanwan Katsina commended the late President of Nigeria, Alhaji Umaru
Musa Yar’ Adua who was his teacher during his A level study for graciously considering his request for the continuation of a Government Secondary School Ketare when he made request to him as the then governor of Katsina State during his courtesy visit to Katsina government house.