President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to increase the yearly allocation to education sector as the current five per cent to the sector was inadequate.

He said the current allocation to the sector was too small to propel the desired growth of the economy and pointed out that the United Nations target of 26 per cent was ideal.

He assured Nigerians that allocations to the sector would be improved as revenue increases and described education as a major engine for the development of any country.

According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, President Buhari gave the assurance when he addressed Nigerian community in Paris, France.

He also said: “We are currently reviewing investments in the entire infrastructure of the country like road, rail and power, including investing more in education. We will certainly need to do more in education.”
President Buhari also called on the Nigerian elite, both at home and in the diaspora, to do more in contributing to the educational sector.

He expressed surprise that the elite tolerated the fall in standards and structures of educational institutions despite oil windfalls in the past that would have made all the difference.

“I am doing my best now to utilize our resources to develop the country. We are already getting results on road, rail and power. My frustration is that some people still have plenty stolen money stashed in Europe, US and other countries,” he said.

The President further stated that returning stolen assets will bolster the administration’s current efforts of investing more in critical infrastructure that directly impact on the livelihood of Nigerians.

Beyond that, the President said the war against terrorism will be reinforced with new weapons and hardware for the military, while the challenge of abduction and kidnapping in some parts of the country will receive more attention with better gathering of intelligence.

“We campaigned on three key issues; security, improving the economy, and fighting corruption, and we have not been controverted by anyone that we have not recorded some results,” he said.

Source: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/five-per-cent-allocation-to-education.html?m=0

Indeed. The allocation is very small.

Nigerianeye again.... meanwhile

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to increase the yearly allocation to education sector as the current five per cent to the sector was inadequate.

You have been the president for 4yrs approx yet talk like its not your responsibility meanwhile a certain govt built 9 new tertiary institutions and over 400 almajiri schools from same 5% i guess..

When did buhari say these things.

haladadon:
When did buhari say these things.

Yesterday.

jpphilips:


Which Almajiri school? this one?

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/n15-billion-almajiri-schools-in-ruins.html

You should read the link you attached... if Buhari is so eager about education, he should not have abandoned the almajiri schools initiated and already running as at 2014.

http://saharareporters.com/2018/07/22/sokoto-almajiri-integrated-school-6-years

A man who doesn't know the value of education promising to improve education sector, A man whose Waec result is still a scandal. Nigerians are tired of your failed promised and cannot be deceived again.

lucy10:
A man who doesn't know the value of education promising to improve education sector, A man whose Waec result is still a scandal. Nigerians are tired of your failed promised and cannot be deceived again.

Let's hope between now and 2019, they can prove us wrong.