According to Gov. Amaechi Educational inequality and
illiteracy have been identified as the reason for the current spate of
terrorism in Northern Nigeria.Continue.....
Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Chibuike
Amaechi, made the submission on Monday while speaking at the 2nd Progressive
Governors Lecture Series with the theme ”Crisis in the education sectors” held
at Africa Hall, Government House, Kano.
Amechi warned that uneducated youths were a
time bomb that represents a real threat to Nigeria.
He said Nigeria needed N22 billion annually
for the procurement of 200,000 books for its 1.2 million classrooms and 70,000
schools but spent just over 10 per cent of budgetary allocations to
education on capital expenditure.
Amechi therefore called on increased government
spending on education.
The governor also condemned the established almajiri education system practiced by many
Muslims in the North, saying it negatively impacts the psychology of children.
Also speaking at the occasion, former
military head of State and APC chieftain, Muhammadu Buhari and former former
vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, both agreed that Nigeria needs to
address the need for education if peace and security must be achieved.
Could he be right?
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