By Muh’d Hamisu Abdullahi

The observation was made by Dr. Hafiz Wali one of the speakers at the plenary session.
Dr. Wali, who lectured participants on ‘Basic Education’, said in order to restore Kano’s economic prosperity, the values of the people must be looked into.
An educationist who served in different capacities both at home and abroad recommended to Kano Peace and Development Initiative (KAPEDI), organisers of the event to form a team to actually brainstorm and discuss on the outcome of the summit for better performance of Kano.
He also emphasized on the need for technical and vocational education, reiterating that no country can succeed without them.
Another speaker, Dr. Aminu Dorayi who is a former commissioner of commerce in the state, spoke on ‘technical education’, where he advocated for setting up of ICT-based secondary schools with a view to improving human capital of the society.
Dr. Dorayi further suggested that auto-mechanic and auto-trade among other things should be looked into while talking on improving the human capital.
On his part, Prof. Adamu Beki, who talked extensively on ‘Higher education’, expressed the need for knowledge-driven economy, a concept which he stressed entails the idea of Knowledge work.
Prof. Beki also talked on chances and challenges for Kano’s restoration of economic prosperity.