Presidential aspirant Fela Durotoye has said recently that Nigerian leaders do not have value for education.
He stated this at an entrepreneurs conference organised by the department of Economics at the Obafemi Awolowo University.
He insinuated that Nigerian leaders have no value for education because they do not have it, hence the comatose state of our education sector.
“Since most of them have no idea of what education actually means, they are always finding it very difficult to actually define the space of education in a nation’s development. If you do not have something it is possible for you not to value it” he said.
Also, he faulted the curricular of the country’s tertiary institutions, saying “there’s need to have practicing individuals in the disciplines design it.”
“We can specialise our institutions, and once we specialise our institutions, we specialise the people. Our generation must build a nation where everybody gets equal values without necessarily have to know anybody, where you want and receive equally those opportunities the rich get easily.”
He stated this at an entrepreneurs conference organised by the department of Economics at the Obafemi Awolowo University.
He insinuated that Nigerian leaders have no value for education because they do not have it, hence the comatose state of our education sector.
“Since most of them have no idea of what education actually means, they are always finding it very difficult to actually define the space of education in a nation’s development. If you do not have something it is possible for you not to value it” he said.
Also, he faulted the curricular of the country’s tertiary institutions, saying “there’s need to have practicing individuals in the disciplines design it.”
“We can specialise our institutions, and once we specialise our institutions, we specialise the people. Our generation must build a nation where everybody gets equal values without necessarily have to know anybody, where you want and receive equally those opportunities the rich get easily.”
This is all shades of right. there has been a recent clamour over the certificate saga in which the president of the country has been imbroiled, forcing him to generate a certificate which has a lot to be desired. Add that to the current strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over underfunding of Nigerian universities, and see how relatable this statement is. We need leaders that value education.
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