Professor Grace Oloukoi of Lead City University, Ibadan, media expert, Olawale Ogunbusola, Chief Nursing Officer at University College Hospital (UCH), Mrs. Joy Taiwo and others have urged government to prioritise investment in education across Nigeria, saying quality education is key to securing a brighter future for the country.
According to these experts, investing in education will have far-reaching benefits, including reduced poverty, improved healthcare, and increased economic growth across the nation.
Speaking in Ibadan at the “Olawale Ogunbusola School Competition and Awards Season III”, Oloukoi, a Professor of Urban Planing and Environmental Management stated that education empowers individuals to contribute meaningfully to society, driving innovation and progress.
According to her, it’s imperative that government allocates sufficient funds to education, improves infrastructure, and enhances teachers training.
She said: “Challenges in educational system are multifaceted, there is a paradim shift all over the world from education to entertainment, even, corporate organisations now put money in entertainment than education.
“We need to invest more in our educational system and our curriculum should be readjusted to reality of our time, we should inculcate enterpreneurship, innovations and there should be infrastructure for our education to thrive.
“Much is expect from the government expecially in areas of infrastructure and supporting reaserch, it not over for Nigeria in education sectors, we must get it right, government, teacher and parents has a role to play, childreen also need to know that their future is on their hands.”
She however urged well meaning Nigerians to emulate gesture of Ogunsola and contribute their quota toward the development of the nation, saying Nigerians can make an impact by giving back to the society.
Ogunsola said by prioritising education, Nigeria can unlock its potential and secure a brighter future for generations to come.
He noted that as the country strives for growth and development, it’s essential that education remained at the forefront of the government’s agenda.
According to him: “Nigeria can still get it right in education sector as it was in the time of Nnamdi Azikwe and Obafemi Awolowo, government has alot to do because education in the country is not yet there.
“Parents should also play their part towards the development of education across the nation.”
