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Send Your Kid To School or get jailed – Gombe govt cautions parents
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By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
The Gombe State government says it would send parents and guardians to jail for not sending their children to schools.
Babaji Babadidi, Chairman, Gombe State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, said this on Monday at the inauguration of the 2025/2026 School Enrolment Campaign at Amada in Akko Local Government Area of the state.
He said that defaulting parents could face a two-month jail term under Section 19(2) of the SUBEB Amendment Law 2021.
Babadidi said the measure was necessary to ensure that every child has access to quality basic education.
“Every parent should ensure that his child or ward attends and completes primary, junior and senior secondary education.
“Any parent, who contravene Section 19(2) of the law commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to pay a fine or serve a one-month prison sentence.
“Subsequent convictions also attract a substantial fine or imprisonment for a term of two months,” he said.
Babadidi said prior to this enrolment campaign, the state government adopted a carrot approach by providing free education.
“However, if we fail to meet our target of enrolling 400,000 students into primary schools this session, we will revert to the stick approach by enforcing the law.”
The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Aishatu Maigari, said the state has over 700,000 out-of-school children.
According to Maigari, the North-East region accounts for 15 per cent of Nigeria’s 18.2 million out-of-school children.
“We cannot sit and fold our arms while our children remain out-of-school. We will ensure every child is enrolled. Every child will receive quality education, and also learn a trade, which does not necessarily mean working for the government.
“An educated person can become an employer of labour through skills and entrepreneurship acquired in school,” she said.
Israel has launched airstrikes on Iran in retaliation for waves of missiles fired at its northern regions on Sunday.
The development marked a day of renewed violence in the Middle East after a fragile ceasefire.
Iranian state television reports that the sound of explosions was heard in Isfahan, Karaj, Tabriz and Tehran.
The strikes occurred after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, said it had targeted the Ramat David Airbase in northern Israel with ballistic missile fire on the evening of June 7.
The IRGC claimed that Israel used air-launched ballistic missiles in its attack on Monday morning.
The Israel Defense Forces, IDF, said it identified missiles fired from Iran toward northern Israel and defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat.
“A short while ago, the Israeli Air Force struck military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran,” the Israeli military stated.
Ex- President Goodluck Jonathan has criticized what he described as a growing culture among some government institutions of dismissing public concerns by directing aggrieved citizens to seek redress in court.
Speaking at a recent public event, Jonathan expressed concern over what he called declining standards in public institutions and the increasing tendency of officials to rely on the judiciary whenever allegations of wrongdoing are raised against them.
The former president cited an East African proverb to illustrate his point, saying, “If a thief tells you to go to court, he knows that his brother is the judge.”
According to Jonathan, the saying reflects public perceptions that some individuals who engage in wrongdoing may have confidence in receiving favorable outcomes through compromised systems.
“We see government institutions doing the wrong thing and telling people to go to court,” Jonathan said. “There is this saying in East Africa that if a thief tells you to go to court, he knows that his brother is the judge.”
His remarks come amid ongoing debates over accountability, transparency, and public trust in government institutions, with critics frequently raising concerns about the handling of political and administrative disputes through the judicial process.
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced a national industrial dispute with the Federal Government as it pushes for long-running welfare demands.
The OGM resolved that the Association hereby declares an industrial dispute with the Federal Government of Nigeria on the outlined matters above, and that the Association cannot guarantee industrial harmony after the 21-day window period given to address all the demands,” the association declared in a statement shared by Muhammad Usman Suleiman, its president, on Monday morning.
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