Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has attributed the wave of insecurity and systemic decay in the country to the longstanding neglect of the education sector.
Atiku made the remarks on Saturday in Yola, the Adamawa
State capital, during the 17th Annual Founder’s Day of the American University
of Nigeria.
“The crass disregard for education inflicted upon us by the
current and successive governments since 2007 has transformed what could have
been a vibrant future into a bleak landscape,” he said.
According to him, as daunting as the country’s divisive
challenges may appear, the most insidious threat does not stem from the visible
chaos unleashed by armed groups but from the far deeper neglect of education,
health, and human development services.
The former vice president cautioned that while the nation
grapples with violence and turmoil from armed groups, the consequences of
overlooking human development sectors do not merely endanger the present but
also cast a long shadow over the future.
He urged individuals and the private sector to pay closer
attention to the condition of Nigeria’s education system, stressing that idle
youths have become fertile ground for criminal recruitment.
He added, “Our beloved country, endowed with a youth
population of enormous promise, faces staggering challenges that threaten to
undermine our most precious asset—our children.
“Currently, millions of children remain out of school, and
among those who do enrol, many find themselves disillusioned and trapped in an
outdated system that fails to prepare them for the demands of an increasingly
complex and competitive world.”
Atiku described Nigeria’s education statistics as sobering,
lamenting that the nation now bears the regrettable distinction of having the
highest number of out-of-school children globally.
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