Nigeria's Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has commended President Muhammed Buhari and Nigerian Military command effort in containing the activities of the insurgents in the North Eastern part of the nation. Atiku also he canvasses for education reform.
Former Nigeria number two citizen called on the nation's policy makers to focus more attention on education by providing free universal basic
education at all level.
education at all level.
He lamented over the activities of the dreaded Boko Haram militants who have been waging a war against western education in North Eastern part of the nation stressing that now that they are no longer growing in strength government should redirect it step on education and economically dynamic north east with rich and vibrant social and cultural life that will keep the youth in the region, attract more diverse talent to the region and deny insurgents a fertile ground for recruitment.
Atiku said that he would support any education reform that will guarantee free universal basic education, calling for education reform that will make government at all levels provide free universal basic education.
He added that the nation has reached a stage where no single youth should be left uneducated.
Atiku stated this in Yola, during the 10th Annual Founder's ceremony of the American University of Nigeria.
He noted that through education reforms supporting access to qualitative education to all youth the minds of some of them who unleash terror will
be disabuse, adding that nothing can justify the killing of any individual.
be disabuse, adding that nothing can justify the killing of any individual.
Atiku explained that former leaders have done a poor job in handling the nation' natural resource endowment advising that its human resource
should not be squander as he said that change in government has raised higher hope.
should not be squander as he said that change in government has raised higher hope.
He explained that past leadership had done a poor job in handling available resource, stressing that the new administration must recognise
education holds the key otherwise the nation may squander its human resource much as its had squandered its natural resource endowment.
education holds the key otherwise the nation may squander its human resource much as its had squandered its natural resource endowment.
He call on Nigerian to support the present administration in fight against corruption adding that with the inauguration of the federal cabinet just this past Wednesday greater confidence is likely to be reposed in our economy by investors both local and foreign.
This will breathe much needed life into the economy and get more people gainfully employed, Atiku stated.
SOURCE: TVC News
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