Ina kuana, Antashe
lafia ko?
These are expressions in Hausa
language, Northern Nigeria, meaning, ‘Good morning, hope you had a nice night?’
I am delighted to have picked some words during my mandatory National Youth
Service Corps some years ago. Well, that’s another story for another day.
It is the holiday season for
pupils and students. Some of us who had the opportunity of going for holidays
with our grandparents now appreciate those visits. We have come to an age when
children are permanently left at the mercies of their teachers. From normal
academic session to summer classes and to another academic year; let’s think
together on school holiday versus parental leave.
