By Our Correspondent
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Kano, Bashir Ishaq Bashir has stated that free education is no longer feasible and sustainable in the country, parents should be committed to their children education.
He stated that even as he lost his father while young, his mother sold her refrigerator and bed to sponsor his education.
He described the idea of free education being propagated by various politicians seeking votes from the public as deceptive and unachievable.
He stated this while responding to questions at the 2023 town hall meeting with governorship candidates, organized by the Centre for Democratic Studies (CDS), Bayero University Kano.
The candidates all agreed on the aspects of ensuring democracy at the local government level, security, healthcare delivery, poverty alleviation and free education, the LP candidate opposed the issue of making education free.
In the 2-day event which was attended by other Kano governorship candidates that include the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), the Labour party governorship candidate disagreed with all the other party candidates insisting that if education is made free, it will never be efficient and standard.
"Free education is not feasible because if it is free, it will suffer neglect and will not be good enough. There is a saying that you only find free cheese in the mouse trap.
"For us to have good education, parents and the authorities must play their roles.
"Education can be subsidized to those who cannot afford it, but cannot feasibly be made free" he stated.
Responding to questions on how orphans are neglected and engage in lawlessness, he explained that he too lost his father at an early age, but "my mother sold her refrigerator and bed to sponsor my education" promising that they will be catered for.
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