FG Charged To Pay Closer Attention To Education Issues
L – R: The Executive Secretary, The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB), Mr. Tope Adaramola; Deputy President, Mr. Tunde Oguntade; Vice President, Mrs. Ekeoma Ezeibe; President, NCRIB, Mr. Rotimi Edu, mni; Managing Director, Universal Insurance Plc, Mr. Benedict, Ujoatuonu and President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the April 2022 NCRIB Members Evening hosted by Universal Insurance Plc.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has been charged to pay closer attention to the issue of education in the country.
Leaders have also been told to be aware that they are sitting on a keg of gun powder, a time bomb that would soon explode for shutting out students from campuses and are urged to do something immediately to ensure students return to school.
The President of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) while addressing the Brokers during the April edition of the Council members’ evening sponsored by the Universal Insurance PLC expressed displeasure on the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU).
Edu linked Nigeria’s sources of problems and poverty to the poor handling of the nation’s education system.
He said “With the level of moral decadence and quick money syndrome bedevilling our society, shutting out students at this period is a serious challenge for our nation. The leaders must be aware that they are sitting on a keg of gun powder, a time bomb that would soon explode.
“It is on this note I like to enjoin the Federal Government to pay closer attention to the issue of our nation’s education system. For the sake of the future, Federal Government should dialogue with ASUU and meet their demands.
“A nation where education is valued as a formality, not as pride would remain poor. To say that the poor handling of our education system in Nigeria is one of the sources of our problems and poverty is to state the obvious.
“Personally, I am pained to note that our Students from higher institutions of learning have been shut out of school for the past eight weeks because of the strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU).
