Kaduna state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Monday enrolled his Six-year-old son, Abubakar Al-Siddique, six-year-old son as a pupil of Kaduna Capital school.
Abubakar was enrolled as a primary one pupil of the public school.
By the move, the controversial governor has fulfilled the pledge he made in 2017 as a way of showing commitment to fixing public education and raising the standard.
The news of Abubakar’s enrolment was made public in a series of tweets via the governor’s official Twitter handle.
The Tweet read, “Abubakar Al-Siddique El-Rufai has today enrolled as a Primary One pupil pf Kaduna Capital Schoo.”
“On 28 Dec 2017, Malam Nasir El-Rufai stated that ‘I will by personal example ensure that my son that will be six years of age in 2019 will be enrolled in a public school in Kaduna state, by God’s grace.
“Reforming the Education sector in Kaduna is a continuing struggle against decades of neglect. But the El-Rufai government has a strong commitment to fix public education and raise the standard of public schools so that private education will become only a luxury.
As expected the development attracted different reactions from commentators on social media. While some commended the move, others, however, saw nothing extra ordinary about the move.
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