- Tells them: “Don’t be distracted from pursuing your education”
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Katsina advised the freed students of Government Science Secondary School, (GSS) Kankara, to remain focused in the pursuit and acquisition of good education despite their ill-fated experience.
The President, according to a statement by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, met with the 344 freed boys at the Banquet Hall of Katsina State Government House, describing their plights as a test of character and determination to succeed in life.
President Buhari, who tasked the pupils not to be distracted by the misfortune of their kidnapping, said the reward of knowledge acquisition is non-negotiable and assured them that the Federal Government would upgrade the security structure in the country to ensure more safety.
Imploring the students to put their predicaments in the hands of their abductors behind them, Buhari insisted that there is no alternative to education.
Recall that the students were last week kidnapped by some gunmen said to be bandits and were taken to the bandits’ hideout in Tsafe, Zamfara State. However, the bandits had released the students.
The students were said to have been released following the intervention of security personnel and the Miyetti Allah association.
