How boy, 11, changed image
of PCS, Katsina
By ANDY ASEMOTA, Katsina
Tuesday, August
14, 2007
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Golden handshake for Ahmed
Pix: Sun News Publishing |
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When Suleiman Ahmed, aged
11 years, joined four other delegates from Police Children School, Katsina, to
attend the just completed session of Katsina Children’s parliament, nobody
had an inkling that it could be a turning point in the image of the PCS, Katsina.
In
what looked like fairy tale performance, the young cadet has etched the name of
his school in gold.
The position of the Speaker of the Katsina State Parliament
clinched by the Primary five pupil of the PCS was a big surprise, Mohammed Bello
Hassan,Head teacher of the PCS told Daily Sun in Katsina.
The election
of Ahmed came as a surprise because no less than 37 primary and 27 secondary schools
across the state sent five delegates each, Mallam Hassan explained.
Ahmed,
who is the first speaker of the parliament, was inaugurated in Katsina at a ceremony
attended by the state Governor, Barrister Ibrahim Shehu Shema and the Speaker
of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Umar Gojogojo, among other personalities.
His
head teacher further explained that the PCS had a very slim chance of winning
the post of the speaker because it has no secondary school arm while most of its
pupils sit for Common Entrance Examination in primary five.
“I feel
very proud that a pupil of such age could contest against his bigger peers and
emerge victorious.
“I feel honoured.His performance is rooted in
the quality of education in our school”, he boasted.
Hassan vowed not
to relent on his efforts until more pupils of the school reflect the sound academic
standard and moral upbringing the PCS had been pursuing diligently.
At the
parliament, Ahmed urged that children should among others be a part of the state
governance especially in making laws which concern them.
He described the
good educational system for children as a good investment and advised that more
serious attention should be given to it for a better future for the children of
the state.
“I appeal for more support and pledge to abide by the principles
of transparency and honesty as exhibited by President Umar Musa Yar’adua
when he was the governor of the state,” said Ahmed.
The first of
his assignment after the parliamentary session took him to the state House of
Assembly.
Ahmed lamented in his speech at the House the lack of computer education
programmes in primary schools in the state.
He explained that the introduction
of the programmes would enable the children to compete in the global challenges
in information and communication technology among others.
The out-going pupil
of the PCS also stressed the need for the establishment of crafts centres across
the state to enable the underprivileged children and youth to acquire skills and
vocational training.
In his remarks, Hon. Umar Gojogojo said contrary to
what people might think, the legislature would always have the interest of the
children of Katsina in mind when making laws for a better society.
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