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President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Nigerian government cannot afford the amount of funding needed to revive the country’s educational system. Buhari also said the competition for funds had become keener because of the recent increase in the number of tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

The president spoke on Saturday at the 49th convocation ceremony of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He said the financial situation had been worsened by the global economic downturn, which also affected the national revenue.

Buhari, who was represented at the ceremony by the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, however, said his administration was committed to addressing the needs of tertiary institutions through budgetary allocations to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND).

“I am optimistic that the on-going drive to diversify the national economy will provide the government with additional resources to improve funding for the education system,” he said.

The president said the universities should also leverage other funding sources, such as from alumni, friends, the private sector, institutional linkages, and research grants, to attract additional revenue for infrastructure, research, and development.

“We must also address the problems of poor work ethics and the albatross of prolonged and recurrent industrial actions by staff of universities,” the president stated.

Buhari advised academic institutions across the country to embark on the kind of innovative research that could help boost production and diversify the economy.

“Our universities must continue to emphasise training in entrepreneurship so school leavers and graduates are able to become job creators instead of perennial job seekers,” he said.

On his part, Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, said the government should make effort to address the perennial challenge of poverty and inequality in the country or risk losing the youth to crime. Amaechi, who delivered the 49th convocation lecture of the university, stated that the series of protests held across the country of late, such as #ENDSARS, were as a result of increasing poverty and disaffection on the part of the citizens.

“Although, the current administration has introduced a number of programmes to help eradicate poverty, such as Transport Track for individuals who were into the transportation business, several Nigerians are yet to be lifted out of poverty,” the minister said.

He stated that policies should be focused on the rural majority, and targeted at giving the citizens a good life and lifting them out of poverty.

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I didn't say it.

It is Asari Dokumbo biglips.

This one choke me no be small. Baba Buhari, it's because our education system is poor that is why we have millions of jobless people, thousands of terrorists, thousands of tout and above all headquarter of poverty.

If we invest heavily in education, we will have less insecurities palava.

Lol

Person wey no get certificate.. how he wan take know the importance of education..

Buhari is busy with 63’ grazing cow route.. building refineries roads and Riga for his cousins in Niger and chad

While Yoruba people remain in idp with their brothers in Benin..

This life nor balance

Abi them wan use the money fund cow business

Can't this fool get a spokesperson?
I bet even Biden would utter stupid things as this if he doesn't have Jen psaki but what's this lifeless beings problem?

First, I believe Nigeria has the fund to revive and transform our educational sector. Apart from corruption, so much money is misused through official misprioritization. For example, the money budgeted annually to sustain hundreds of irrelevant, idle and duplicated research institutes scattered all over the country can be channelled to strengthening education. But it needs political and legislative will as laws setting them up need to be repealed first.

Third, Amaechi's contention that the benefits of most FG intervention program have not trickled down to grassroots makes a case for restructuring of our country as States and geopolitical zones can pursue intervention programs that meet the unique needs of the youths in their State or zone. Driving a program from far away Abuja will always achieve little with massive leakage.

And the useless speech was made in a University.

Shame on the lifeless buffoon

But the FG has fund to create cattle ranching areas ib every state abi

madridguy:
This one choke me no be small. Baba Buhari, it's because our education system is poor that is why we have millions of jobless people, thousands of terrorists, thousands of tout and above all headquarter of poverty.

If we invest heavily in education, we will have less insecurities palava.

So as una gather Dey for Tinubu payroll.. una nor fit give fit give osibanjo brain to the help Buhari with his goofing

Like say dem no even know say una dey exist..

Imagine I Dey complain.. you sef Dey complain..

Matter tight be that.

Meanwhile, there is money to placate bandits and BH terrorists after each kidnapping spree.There is money for importing grass from Brazil for cattle to eat and of course opening of the so called old cattle grazing routes is gonna cost their nation billions.

But no! No money to make the nation's educational system work because a Malo value cattle more than human beings.What a nation being ruled by imbeciles.

But you can afford funds to revive and rehabilitate boko Haram members?

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