Speaking at a colloquium, marking Nigeria’s 62nd Independence, the keynote speaker, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo, said that Nigeria could only turn the corner if adequate investment was made in education.
She said that in spite of the rich natural endowments of the country, which is also Africa’s most populous nation, the country had continue to wallow in poverty and underdevelopment after 62 years of independence. “The huge number of out-of-school children in Nigeria is negatively impacting the nation’s economy and the standard of living of the people,’’ she added.
She charged the Federal Government to rise to the challenge of getting its citizens to embrace quality education “because the more educated people are the better their chances of building the economy’’. “Parents, who fail to send their children to school should be punished to make everyone to benefit from the education opportunities offered by the government,’’ she stated.
“We currently have many children that we have taken off the streets in Lagos, Abuja, Kwara, Delta, Oyo State and Ogun.
How do you do that in the face of maximal Insecurity state sponsored Terrorism!