Akwa Ibom holds summit to tackle rot in education sector
The Akwa Ibom State Government has finally come to terms with the reality about the education sector in the state. The government on Thursday organised a summit to seek expert opinions on how to fix the broken school system.
Akwa Ibom has multinationals like Mobil, an affiliate of the American oil giant, ExxonMobil, drilling oil in the state. And because of its contributions to Nigeria’s oil earnings, Akwa Ibom regularly receives more money from the Federation Account every month than many of the other 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.In five years alone, between 2013 and 2017, the state received N1.029 trillion from the country’s Federation Account, for instance.
But, of course, that was because Mr Emmanuel himself had urged participants, including government officials, to be bold enough to come forward with the truth about how the state was faring in the education sector, PREMIUM TIMES learnt. He said there was a sense of urgency to the task ahead if the state must tackle the changes in the education sector.
“I should be waiting after work. Even after work, I should be scared if they are tired. They should be somewhere engaged, they should be somewhere managing their businesses.“If you don’t build the economy, democracy will not stand in Nigeria,” Mr Emmanuel said. “Are we talking about somebody who calls himself a personal assistant to a local government chairman, every morning he wakes up, takes his bath, dresses well, hangs at the gate of a chairman, moves with him, the man returns, drops a little pay, and it’s enough for the day. That’s not empowerment!
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