The Acting General Officer Commanding 8 Brigade, Nigeria Army in Sokoto, Brigadier General Ibikunle Ademola Ajose has described education as the pillar of development in any society.

He said most of the youths perpetrating crimes in the country are not educated, urging the wives of soldiers to give their children a decent upbringing to protect the image and reputation of the Nigerian Army.

Ajose stated this when he commissioned the Army Cantonment primary school in Gusau Zamfara State capital.

He said that banditry activities and other forms of criminalities ravaging the north and other parts of the country were due to a lack of education among young people.

“Education is a vital instrument for the development of a society and the Army will not treat the issue of education with a mere wave of hand’, he added.

Earlier, the Commanding officer of 1 Brigade, Brigadier General Sani Ahmed said the State’s Universal Basic Education Board, ZSUBEB started the construction of the school in 2021 and later abandoned it but the Army took over and reconstructed the school.

He said he had already promised the families of the Army officers that he would carry on from where the ZSUBEB stopped.

He asked parents not to worry over payment of fees, and uniforms as all that will be sponsored by the Army authority.