THE founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) has lambasted the federal government for flouting the directive of the United Nations Education and Socio-Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) that 26 per cent of its budget should be allocated to the funding of education.
The legal icon, who spoke at the sixth convocation of ABUAD on Sunday, maintained that funding was the greatest problem facing the country’s education sector, and said many of the states, including federal government did budget as low as seven per cent for education, a sector he described as “pivotal to the development of the country.”
On the occasion, the President, African Development Bank (AfDB) and former Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina and the Chief Executive Officer of Channels Television, Mr John Momoh, were conferred with honourary doctorate…
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