Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina on Thursday while
charging students to seize every positive opportunity at their disposal to
improve on their education, said he cut grass to support himself in primary
school...
Governor Masari demotes principal, head teacher Governor Masari said he
has to cut grass to put breakfast on his table the following morning before
going to school. The Governor made this known during the maiden matriculation
of about 136 students of the Katsina State Institute of Technology and
Management, KSITM. He urged the students to strive for themselves, utilise
positive opportunities that comes their way positively instead of waiting for
help to come from someone. According to him, “On holidays get something doing.
Sell sugarcane, maybe you need only N1,000 to start a business of sugarcane
selling or Dates (Dabino) or Tiger nuts (Aya) selling. There are so many things
you can do with your lives. “When we were in school, a primary school, we went
to cut grass. I have to cut grass if I want to break for the following morning.
So it is possible, there are a lot of work to do but people feel so important
that they are beyond certain jobs. Nobody is beyond means of supporting
himself. You say you are too big, you cannot sweep the road, pick polythene
bags but you go and beg. And if the person doesn’t give you, you abuse the
person, which is the worst situation? Waiting for somebody,” he said. He
assured that government will continue to support the education sector in the
state particularly that it is it first and topmost priority. Earlier, the
rector of the institution, Dr. Babangida Abubakar Albaba said the institute is
fashion out to produce prosperous, self-reliant, innovative and entrepreneurial
individuals. “Here at KSITM, we will aid you to unlock your potentials and make
you find your true self. The institute is designed to give you a smooth
transition from the academic world into the larger society. You will become
innovators and entrepreneurs after the completion of your courses of specialization. “You are therefore expected to utilise all the facilities made
available to you such as E-library and other online resource materials provided
by the institute,” Albaba said. Meanwhile, the institute matriculated the 136
students in various courses of Networking and System Security (49 students),
Software Engineering (41 students) and Banking Operations (46 students).
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