By Ayodele Seun

Sociologists argued that functionality of the social system in any human society depend on the functional connectivity of the entire system (economic, political, education, religion etc.). But dyfunctionalism of one social institution will also affect the entire system due to interconnectivity and interrelationship of the social system.
Nigerians has felt the dyfunctionalism of political system on the entire social order and value in our society. Education system is badly affected to the level that we can’t boast of functional and qualitative education in Nigeria. More than 80% of our public schools are in comatose state in terms of structures, lack of facility, unavailability of instructional materials, poor welfare of teachers and almost empty laboratories.
Nigeria public higher institutions had been close down severally due to lack of welfare of the lecturers and study facilities in our schools. Many states in Nigeria own teachers up to 5months salaries. Our leaders send their children abroad to study in prestigious university but neglect our schools that need serious reform both in structures and system. In spite of this some of these state offer students scholarship to study abroad yet their state own university is at the mercy of collapse which is a testament that they are fully aware of the problems confronting our state of education.
Nigeria polytechnic and monotechnic went on strike for almost a year, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) has accuses federal government of abandoning polytechnic education. Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has been synonymous to strike in Nigeria all because of neglect of our leaders both at federal and state government; Education is on concurrent list which is the responsibility of both federal and state government to make our education functional and qualitative.
The new Administration of people’s General should start genuine change in our education sector, president-elect should allocate 27% of our budget to education sector and more emphasis should be place on welfare, training and retraining of teachers because they are the super structure that will drive the infrastructures of the schools. Free education is attainable at primary and post primary level but is unsustainable at higher education level. Nigeria government should stop selling bad product for Nigerians cheaper because Nigerians end up losing for buying the bad product, which testify to Nigeria graduates not unemployable argument. Abraham lincoln says “if you say education is expensive try ignorance”. Scholarship should be given more to indigent students to alleviate the less privilege.
Education is the only legacy that will propel Nigeria for greater future and put army of super structures on ground to maintain and sustain our infrastructures.
Nigeria president-elect General Muhammadu Buhari, should make education his first priority and effect positive change in education sector if he really want to leave a legacy that even generation unborn will remember him for. Like the yorubas in all generation do proud of Chief Obafemi Awolowo for his feet of making Yoruba people the most educated in Nigeria through his education policy in old western region of Nigeria.


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