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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.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has fixed Saturday, 13th June, 2026, for the conduct of the UTME mop-up examination for all candidates who presented themselves and were biometrically verified for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, but were unable to sit the examination for one reason or another.
Recall that the 2026 UTME was conducted between 23rd and 29th April, 2026. However, some centres experienced technical challenges which made it impossible for several candidates to take the examination. In addition, some results were subsequently withdrawn over examination infractions, while some candidates who presented themselves for the examination could not be verified biometrically. All such candidates have been listed for the mop-up examination.
The board, in a statement on Monday evening by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, said, ”The mop-up examination represents the final phase of the annual UTME exercise and serves as an opportunity to address all outstanding examination challenges involving candidates who duly presented themselves but encountered difficulties in taking the examination.”
“Candidates in this category are advised to begin printing their Examination Notification Slips from Saturday, 6th June, 2026.”
According to JAMB, “Affected candidates are hereby urged to print their Examination Notification Slips, familiarise themselves with their examination centres, and make all necessary arrangements ahead of the examination date, as there will be no further opportunity for any candidate to sit the 2026 UTME after this mop-up exercise.”
Former Vice-President and presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has won the party’s presidential primary election conducted across the 23 local government areas of Sokoto State.
The result was announced on Monday by the state chief returning officer, Prof. Aminu Abubakar.
“I therefore hereby declare Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate with the highest number of votes cast in Sokoto,” he said.
The result was announced in the presence of officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, security personnel, and party stakeholders, including former Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, and the ADC governorship candidate in the state, Mannir Dan Iya, the senatorial candidate for Sokoto South, Faruk Malami Yabo, and the state party chairman, Abdullahi Maigwandu, among others.
According to the results, Atiku polled over 68,823 votes to defeat Muhammad Hayatuddeen, who got 319 votes, and Rotimi Amaechi, who polled 292 votes.
Former Ogun State governor Segun Osoba says there is a coordinated political effort in the South to field several presidential candidates against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.
Speaking Saturday in Abeokuta during the announcement of APC presidential primary results, Osoba said the plot aims to split southern votes and weaken Tinubu’s chances.
He warned APC members against assuming the president faces no challengers, calling it a misleading narrative. “The enemies are many,” he told party stakeholders. “Let us not be caught off guard.”
Osoba cited former Anambra governor Peter Obi, former president Goodluck Jonathan, and Oyo governor Seyi Makinde as figures he said were positioning to divide the region’s vote. He urged APC supporters to mobilize early and avoid complacency.
He also credited Tinubu with delivering developmental projects to Ogun State under the current administration and called on residents to reciprocate with their support.
Osoba urged the party to prepare for what he described as the “real election” scheduled for January 2027.
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