Obasanjo, Gbajabiamila lament education sector woes

The ex-president also said Nigeria must educate the 20 million children that were out of school to avert creating another set of Boko Haram terrorists.

He said, “Those 20 million children that are out of school, we can get them back to school. If we don’t get them back to school, we are preparing for Boko Haram of tomorrow and nobody needs to tell you anything about that. It will happen. As sure as daylight, it will happen.” The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, in his welcome address, described education as the silver bullet that could eliminate poverty and lack.

He said, “Allow me this morning to speak the truth as I see it, so that together we can agree on what we need to do to overcome. Time was when the tertiary institutions in our country were centres of excellence, comparable to the best institutions elsewhere in the world. There was a time when our brothers and sisters from across Africa and even farther away sought out our institutions, and we welcomed them in droves. That time is no more.”All rights reserved.

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