The Youth Wing of the Southern Kaduna Individuals's Union has condemned the arrest of 4 youths, initially from Kaduna, residing in Lagos State, looking for enlistment within the Nigerian Military.
The union's nationwide coordinator, Isaac John, mentioned in an announcement on Friday that the structure defines Nigerian citizenship, and the Nigerian army outlines particular necessities and standards for participation, none of which contain linguistic or tribal concerns, reminiscent of potential to talk. Yoruba.
The PUNCH reviews that the Lagos State authorities has known as for the arrest and trial of six northern candidates who participated within the Nigerian Military recruitment course of and claimed to be indigenes of the state.
Earlier on Wednesday, a viral video surfaced exhibiting six candidates within the recruitment course of, who hailed from Kaduna State and respectively claimed Kosofe Native Authorities Space, Lagos Island Native Authorities Space and Oshodi Isolo Native Authorities Space as their native governments of origin .
By claiming to be from Lagos, the candidates needed to safe the slots allotted to the indigenes of Lagos State.
The video sparked reactions from Lagos residents, with many saying Lagosians are being shortchanged within the recruitment course of.
Reacting to this, SOKAPU mentioned: “It’s with deep concern that Southern Kaduna youths have seen a disturbing video that includes 4 youths initially from Kaduna State presently residing in Lagos. These people, who have been earnestly looking for enlistment within the Nigerian Military, have, from the time this assertion was made, confronted unwarranted humiliation, denial and even arrest in the course of the state investigation.
“The explanations, as depicted within the video, revolve round their incapacity to talk the Yoruba language and their non-citizenship in Lagos regardless of their long-term residence within the state.”
John famous that the Kaduna State authorities has a big variety of Yoruba people in its civil service, a few of whom maintain esteemed political appointments.
In gentle of those occasions, we respectfully urge the Chief of the Military Employees and the Chief of Protection Employees to promptly and urgently examine this matter.
“We attraction for the quick launch of those younger males and their truthful participation within the recruitment train, in step with the ideas afforded to each Nigerian citizen, because the unity of our nation transcends ethnic concerns.
“We additional implore the Kaduna State authorities to arrange a committee to completely examine this matter, to forestall recurrence,” the group added.
[11:53 am, 05/01/2024] Olaniyi Apanpa PUNCH: 50 p.c of scholars in Enugu can’t learn, says SSG
The Secretary to the Enugu State Authorities, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, has revealed that fifty% of the scholar inhabitants within the state can neither learn in English nor remedy easy arithmetic questions.
He acknowledged that the deficiency was found in the course of the baseline evaluation of main colleges within the state, carried out in November 2023.
Onyia mentioned this whereas delivering his keynote handle titled “Sensible Fundamental Schooling and the Way forward for Africa” on the quadrennial conference of the Previous Boys Affiliation of Union Secondary Faculty, Awkunanaw, Thursday in Enugu.
“Our findings have been stunning. After six years of main college, 50 p.c of our kids can’t learn a single phrase in English, and people who can learn wrestle with studying comprehension.
“50% of our kids can’t remedy simple arithmetic challenges. What we found in Enugu State is being broadly written about throughout our nation,” he mentioned.
The state author, nevertheless, disclosed that Governor Peter Mbah's administration had made deliberate efforts to reform the state's training system to satisfy altering international calls for.
He additional revealed that the state authorities's training coverage has been repositioned to combine progressive applied sciences into training, particularly on the main training stage, with the goal of boosting industrial development.
The PUNCH reviews that Governor Mbah mentioned his authorities will spend 30 p.c of the 2024 state funds on the training sector.
He added that he was decided to make sure that the poorest youngster within the remotest components of the state obtained high quality training.
