Roadmap to a New Nigeria That Is Possible – Part II
Education and Healthcare: The Foundation of a Renewed Nigeria
Recall that on July 1st, in Part 1 of "My Vision for a Productive and Prosperous Nigeria," I outlined the broad framework of my proposed roadmap for national renewal. In it, I emphasised that the transformation of Nigeria must begin with rebuilding our human capital through quality education and healthcare, supported by reforms in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), character and civic education, and strategic investments that will move our nation from a consumption-driven economy to a production-driven one. I promised to follow up with other parts in the coming weeks and months.
Today, July 16th, in the middle of July, I wish to expand on these two critical pillars - education and healthcare - because they are the bedrock upon which every prosperous nation is built. They are the cornerstones of the foundation that will ensure that a son of nobody can become somebody and remove many from the ranks of the disaffected who often become tools in the insecurity challenges confronting us.
Evidence from around the world shows that quality education and accessible healthcare are among the clearest distinctions between thriving nations and lagging ones. Princeton University Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton highlights this reality in his book, “The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality.”
Nothing, therefore, could be further from the truth than the claim by some young people that “education is a scam.” Education, when combined with good health, provides the ladder for individual upward mobility and drives economic growth for the nation.
We must become more intentional about aligning education with our national priorities, as Singapore did, and challenge our country to value education in the same way Deng Xiaoping repeatedly urged China to do from 1978 onwards, with the remarkable transformation we see today.
We will work through commissions that strengthen collaboration among the tiers of government, ensuring that primary education is domiciled at the community and local government levels, with strong parental involvement and curricula that are sensitive to local economic factor endowments and the value chains derived from them.
State governments will be supported to expand high-quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), as well as general secondary education, through targeted grants and incentives.
We are also developing schemes that will enable universities to focus more deliberately on specialised areas of teaching and research, making them globally competitive while producing a workforce equipped for the demands of the future.
A NEW Nigeria is POssible. -PO
The news of the abduction of a school principal, students, and a NECO official in Kogi State while the students were writing their examination is both heartbreaking and deeply troubling. That innocent children can no longer go to school, study, or sit for a national examination without the fear of criminal violence is a stark reminder of how far insecurity has eroded the sanctity of our educational institutions and the safety of our citizens. This is happening at a time when education is our most needed asset for development and growth.
Our schools must never become theatres of fear; they should symbolise hope and the promise of a better future, not terror and uncertainty.
I call on the relevant security agencies to act with urgency, deploy every available resource, and ensure the safe and unconditional rescue of all those abducted. At the same time, government at all levels must take deliberate steps to strengthen security around our schools and restore public confidence in our education system.
My thoughts and prayers are with the affected families, the school community, and the people of Kogi State. We cannot continue to normalise these recurring tragedies. A nation that cannot guarantee the safety of its children is mortgaging its future.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
‼️BREAKING: My amendment to withhold 100% of U.S. aid to Nigeria until its government stops the slaughter of Christians has PASSED.
American taxpayers should NEVER bankroll governments that turn a blind eye while Christians are abducted, tortured, and murdered.
No more wasteful foreign aid!
Today, the EFCC invited Peter Akah (Randy Peter) and Mama Pee to its Abuja office for questioning. As responsible Nigerians, they honored the invitation.
As of now, they have not been released, and they have been unreachable.
EFCC, please do the needful.
If you see this, kindly repost aggressively. ✅
Oh my God ..this is a church in Congo 😭😭.
May God have mercy on us ..who seek comfortability than God.
This are people it regardless of the building and it's raining they are on their knees praying and worshipping God in a sanctuary.
"Nigeria is sweet to live in, if you have money"
For everytime a clip like this surface, I will remind you that this was once the utterance of a fool.
The only reason why anyone mouths the above statement is because of the degree of anyhowness permitted.
What you don't know about anyhowness is that, there's no way to scope it - it's projectile runs multiple round trips and eventually hits home. It will touch you.
Continue to make your millions of dollars while stamping support behind criminal state institutions who have intentionally institutionalized state-backed thuggery. You will reap the fruits.
At the shoots of your music videos, your movies, on your way to work, at your workplaces - you will all reap it.
This is just the beginning.
My pops wants me to help him supervise a project at Enugu and the man dey tell me say he go make arrangements for my logistics and hotel stay to make things easy cos i don’t know my way around and “i’ve not been there before”. I just dey smile nod my head in affirmation. If only he knows the number of times and the things i did there in my uni days. Udi oringo mu na my men gba na that city ehn.🤣🤣😅
Today marks their 100th day in captivity.
On Easter Sunday, April 5th, kidnappers stormed Ariko village, Kachia LGA, killed several people, and abducted 37 others, mostly women and children from 3 churches.
SIXTY DAYS!!! 60 days since 42 children were abducted from Mussa Primary and Junior Day Secondary School in Askira-Uba, Borno State. For 60 days, their parents and families have woken up shattered not knowing where their children are or whether they are safe… sixty days!!!!
Anytime you see any kwankwasiyas red cap videos; you don't need to understand Hausa language to agree with them; just keep reposting all their contents; they are passing so much message to crash the decades-long misinformation against the Igbos....
OK ticket is indeed OK.