Imo to arrest parents of kid-hawkers

Parents and guardians in Imo State who send their kids to hawk
when they should be in school would be arrested.

Governor Rochas Okorocha, who read the riot act to them
yesterday, said parents have no reason to keep their children and
wards away from school.

He said the policy has been okayed by the House of Assembly.

The governor, who spoke at the seventh anniversary of the free
education programme, said that the programme “has become a huge
success today”.

He said: ”My desire is to see that every child of Imo is
educated. I see education as life itself. Hence, I was propelled to
introduce free education at all levels. My joy knows no bound that
if I finish as governor today, I would have fulfilled my heart
desire of eradicating illiteracy.”

The governor hinted that there has been an explosion in school
enrolment because of free education. He said school enrolment has
risen from 280,000 in 2011 to more than one million in 2017.

Parents and guardians in Imo State who send their kids to hawk
when they should be in school would be arrested.

Governor Rochas Okorocha, who read the riot act to them
yesterday, said parents have no reason to keep their children and
wards away from school.

He said the policy has been okayed by the House of Assembly.

The governor, who spoke at the seventh anniversary of the free
education programme, said that the programme “has become a huge
success today”.

He said: ”My desire is to see that every child of Imo is
educated. I see education as life itself. Hence, I was propelled to
introduce free education at all levels. My joy knows no bound that
if I finish as governor today, I would have fulfilled my heart
desire of eradicating illiteracy.”

The governor hinted that there has been an explosion in school
enrolment because of free education. He said school enrolment has
risen from 280,000 in 2011 to more than one million in 2017.