Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) donated school uniforms and writing materials to students of Ganduje Nomadic Primary School in Bakin Kamanda, Dansoshiya community, Kiru Local Government Area of Kano on Thursday. The donation targeted Fulani pupils, aiming to boost enrolment and participation in formal education. Executive Director of CITAD, Yunusa Zakari Ya'u, said the intervention was meant to close educational gaps among nomadic communities. He stressed that access to both Islamic and Western education would uplift the Fulani people and contribute to national stability.
Ya'u linked quality education for nomadic groups to long-term peace, stating it could help end insurgencies in the country. He called on community leaders and philanthropists to support similar initiatives. Representing the Kano State Universal Basic Education Board, Ghali Sule, Deputy Director of the Nomadic Education Department, appreciated CITAD for its consistent support toward inclusive education. The district head of Kiru Dan Majen Kano, represented by village head Yusuf Harisu, urged parents to prioritise schooling over herding. School head Malam Nasiru Ibrahim Dangora said the donation would improve enrolment and academic performance.
CITAD's donation, while modest, exposes how little government presence exists in nomadic education despite decades of policy promises. Yunusa Zakari Ya'u's claim that education can curb insurgency rests on an assumption that has been recycled for years without matching action from state agencies. If NGOs must supply uniforms for children to attend school, then the so-called Universal Basic Education programme is not universal at all. For Fulani children in Kano, real change will come not from appeals to philanthropy, but from accountability in education spending.
