The Chairman, Senate Committee on ICT and Cyber Security, Senator Shuaib Salisu, Monday, tasked traditional rulers to rise up and check the dwindling enrolment of children in schools especially at the secondary school level.
Salisu, who is representing Ogun Central in the Senate, said the 700,000 being quoted as the number of out-of-school children in Ogun State, was worrisome and alarming.
The senator spoke at the opening of a two-day Capacity Building Workshop and Empowerment of Ogun Traditional Rulers with the theme ‘Role in Ensuring Improved Enrolment of Students in Secondary Education.
The workshop, which was attended by monarchs in Ogun Central Senatorial District, was held at the palace of the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, at Ake in Abeokuta, the state capital. (Thisday)