Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said that it is now an offence to allow children of school age to hawk on the streets.
He said a bill to that effect would soon be sent to the State House of Assembly for passage. He said parents who allowed their children to hawk instead of sending them to school would be arrested and prosecuted.
The governor spoke in Owerri yesterday at the 7th Anniversary of the free and qualitative education in the state.
Okorocha expressed happiness that the free education he introduced seven years ago has become a huge success.
“My desire is to see that every child of Imo must be educated. I see education as life itself. Hence, I was propelled to introduce free education at all levels. My joy knows no bound that if I finish as governor today, I would have fulfilled my heart desire of eradicating illiteracy in the state,” he said.
He said school enrolment in the state has grown from 280,000 in 2011 to more than one million in 2017.
Also speaking, the registrar of Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, Professor Josiah Adewole said Okorocha is a heavy investor in human capital.
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