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
Ignore Kwara, stay silent about Ondo, keep quiet on Ekiti and Osun, and forget the kidnapped children in Oyo, all because of Bola Tinubu. But when he leaves office and you suddenly find your voice, may the devil blind you.
Bola Tinubu and Remi Tinubu are a perfect illustration of what it means to marry one’s type.
A vicious couple bonded by destructive and greedy proclivities.
Zero empathy.
All they care about is political power and total state capture.
When will this nightmare end in our country?
Amorim outters vs Amorim inners logic
Amorim outers logic:
- he finished 15th our lowest ever league finish
- he lost a Europa league final to Spurs
- he lost to Grimsby
- he disrespected the academy players
- he won B2b league games only once
- the performances on the pitch haven’t improved in 14 months
- the team has a 15% clean sheet ratio
- he won only 32% of the league games
- only Ange has lost more games than him in the league since he got hired
- he refused to switch to a back 4 and bring on an extra attacker and lost to 10 man Everton at home
- he played a back 5 and dropped points at home against West ham Wolves and Bournemouth
- he dropped points at home to the worst premier league side in history Wolves
- He switched back to a back 5 against Wolves after beating Newcastle using a back 4 the previous game
- Players are playing out of position and don’t fit this system
- the system leaves midfield open every game
- the club invested 200M in the attack and he’s struggling to get players in form
- Mainoo’s development stagnated because of the lack of game time
Amorim inner logic:
- WE CAN’T SACK ANOTHER MANAGER
A Pastor came on the pulpit to say “They have always been killing of Christians in Nigeria, it is nothing new……”
Ahh! Some of you attend his church.
Godforbid all of you.
Taxing any trade or community without bothering to engage with their concerns through law and policy is merely a system of extortion not a process of governance.