Adamawa State House of Assembly Committee on Education on Tuesday, organised a public hearing on a bill for a law to provide compulsory free education for pupils in primary and secondary schools.
The public hearing was organised by the House Committee on Education, Tertiary and Professional Institutions headed by the Member representing Hong constituency, Hon. Bathiya Wesley.
The event drew Stakeholders from the Ministry of Education, Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board, Education Resource Center, Parent Teacher Association(PTA), Women in Education Network among others.
Stakeholders who participated in the public hearing furnished the committee with inputs on the proposed free education bill floated by Hon. Bathiya Wesley.
Speaking while declaring the event open, the Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, said that the issue of free education started during their 2018/2019 electioneering campaigns.
He stated that it was Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, who came up with the policy and decided to implement it on his assumption of office, saying that many families are benefiting from the policy.
According to him, the Assembly wants to make it become a law so that the incoming governments will not play politics with it, explaining that the policy is in the interest of the entire state.
Earlier, in his welcome address, the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Bathiya Wesley, said that the legislation was initiated primarily to provide free eduction for the indigenes.
Hon. Bathiya, informed them that the Assembly through the committee deemed it imperative to hold public hearing to collect expanded views/opinions, recommendations from critical stakeholders before enacting it.
According to him, basic education prepares pupils on how to succeed in their future education more especially whenever they get to higher institutions.
He said that the bill is framed in such a way that is going to address the issue of out of school children as well as feeding programme in all government schools.
Hon. Bathiya Wesley, applauded Governor Fintiri led administration for introducing the policy, saying that it has significantly improved the standard of education in the state.
Several stakeholders who spoke at the event include; Hon. Wulbina Jackson, Commissioner Ministry of Education, Salihu Ibrahim Ateequ, Executive Chairman ADSUBEB, Rodney Nathan, the Chairman NUT who was represented by his Vice, Abednego Haruna Dennis, and Lawan Abubakar Umar, Chairman PTA in the state among others.
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