The Emir of Rano, Ambassador Dr. Muhammad Isa Umaru has pledged to support Maryam Idris Umar College of Education, aimed at boosting education in the emirate and the state generally.
The Emir made the pledge while receiving the management, staff and students of the college, led by the Proprietor and Provost, Alhaji Sani Jogana and Hajiya Bilkisu Abdullahi Turaki who paid him a courtesy visit at his palace.
A statement by the College’s head of Public Relations Department, Ado Salisu, said the emir described education as a backbone of every development, especially at this critical period.
Ambassador Dr. Muhammad Isa Umaru assured the leadership of the college that his emirate will do everything possible to support it with a view to actualizing its objectives.
While expressing gratitude to the college’s management for the visit, he urged them to sustain the tempo for the overall development of education in the state and beyond.
Earlier, the College’s Proprietor, Alhaji Sani Jogana, gave a brief history of the institution which, according to him, was established to augment the current deficit in educational system statewide.
Alhaji Sani Jogana further explained that the establishment of the college will go a long way in supplementing the efforts of the present administration of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on education.
The proprietor however, solicited the support of the emirate to enable the management establish the Collage Campus in Rano, in order to achieve the desired objectives.
He therefore thanked the emir for receiving them despite his tight schedules, charging the students to be good ambassadors of the college at all times.
In her remarks, the provost, Hajiya Bilkisu Abdullahi Turaki highlighted the college’s activities and programmes in their Darmanawa, Hadejia road and Jogana campuses.
Meanwhile, the management utilized the opportunity and visited some of the historical sites of Rano Emirate alongside students of geography, history and social studies.
