A London conference on Monday told the Nigerian government to upscale its investment in education to pull the West African country out of endemic poverty.
Speaking at a colloquium, marking Nigeria’s 62nd Independence, the keynote speaker, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo, said that Nigeria could only turn the corner if adequate investment was made in education.
Adeagbo is a Chartered Accountant and Chief Executive Officer of the UK charity, IA-Foundation, which is active in Nigeria.
According to her, Nigeria has not been able to fund education adequately over the years, in spite of its position as Africa’s top economy and crude oil exporter.
She said that in spite of the rich natural endowments of the country, which is also Africa’s most populous nation, the country had continue to wallow in poverty and underdevelopment after 62 years of independence.
Citing the worrisome statistics released recently by UNESCO that 20.2 million children in Nigeria were currently out of school, Adeagbo…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
