By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The Kano State Government, on Wednesday April 16, 2025, issued a serious warning to teachers in the state, to either steer clear of their young school girls, or face the full weight of the law.
The State Government said that as a predominantly Islamic State, it would not sit idly and watch unscrupulous characters subject their girls to se*ually or any other forms of abuse .
A statement issued by Ibrahim Sumaila, the Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, informed that the State Government have resolved to take decisive actions against any teachers, or school staff, found culpable of se*ually harassing students.
According to him, the worrisome cases of se*ual harassment in the educational system ,was at the centre stage during a recently held stakeholders parley by the Centre for Awareness on Justice ,and Accountability CAJA
“As an Islamic State ,Kano will not fold its arms and watch our daughters suffer abuse ,and humiliation .
“Any teachers who dare violate students ,will be flushed out ,and prosecuted without delay”, Sumaila warned.
Highpoint of the stakeholders meeting which had in attendance students, media professionals, and other education administrators, according to the statement, was the launch of a six-month framework by CAJA on effective ways of halting incidences of se*ual harassment within the sector.
Speaking ,earlier ,CAJA Executive Director ,Kabiru Dakata emphasized that the essence of the initiative is to assist secondary and tertiary education institutions in developing internal policy frameworks aimed at curbing se*ual harassment and other related issues.
According to him, with the rising cases of se*ual harassment in the system, most of the institutions do not have any clear cut means of challenging the situation.
“We worked for three years pushing for a national law on sexual harassment ,but it is a tedious process.
“Now, we are going for the low-hanging fruit –pushing individual institutions to adopt clear ,stand-alone policies.
“Students don’t even know where to report ,or who to turn to when harassed .That is a failure of the system”, Dakata noted .
He regretted that many students have had to drop out of school, and subjected debilitating traumatic experiences owing to se*ual assault.
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