Queen Anigbogu reports that during the exercise termed, “Catch-And -Send- Them- To -School-For-Free, Professor Ikediugwu, apprehended some child-hawkers and barrow pushers and took them to schools around the areas to get them registered.
Professor Ikediugwu while handing over some of the students to Nnamdi Azikiwe Secondary School, Abagana, Kenneth Dike Secondary School and Ikwodiaku Primary School, Awka, charged the principals and headteachers to ensure that the students are registered free of charge and akre always in school.
Some of the children apprehended including Chiamaka and Onyedika Okwe, Chisom Joseph among others, cited lack of money as one of the reasons they were hawking during school hours.
