Charlie

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@PO_GrassRootM You lie!

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

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

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@BwalaDaniel Anụ mpama!

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@Imranmuhdz Keep quiet! Agbachaa ọsọ agha maịlị.

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@oluyanimi @BusayoAdemiku1 @Bayo_Bilisi @AdeHardemola @OlakotanEboda2 @Chevchenko78 @confindence24 @funbiseyi1 @Oludari_ @WOkene @AmodaOgunlere See where your experienced BAT who has the depth and deep breath has taken us! Continue. We are suffering it.

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@ansem_edet You cannot even contest for the Chairman of your Ward and win and you are here deciding who will win or lose. Oluku.

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@originalproflle Pig. Ezi ọhịa dịka gị! Pot calling kettle black. Criminal and Lord of criminals.

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@PeterObi May God grant his soul eternal rest in His bosom. 🙏

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@osazenoo Let me ask, anụ ọhịa. Has he been ever been invited by any anti-graft agency? Has he ever been taken to any court in Nigeria or elsewhere for corruption, drug peddling, certificate saga? Compare and contrast. Abeg he is not evil at how much less evil.

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@vickvilles @PeterObi @Eregechi12 PBAT and APC are AFRAID of PO because they know that with him, a new Nigeria is POssible.

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@BobbyYazdan @PeterObi I hope to see you plunge into the lagoon as soon as PO is sworn in the President of FGoN. Ọga eme gị na-anya!

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Now a Disgraced Country Indeed

Today, as the world marks World Health Day, we must pause for honest reflection.

Nigeria, a nation of over 200 million people, continues to grapple with one of the weakest healthcare systems in the world. Our primary healthcare structure is almost comatose. We now record worse infant mortality outcomes than India, a country with a larger population, while health insurance coverage in Nigeria remains below 5%. These are not just statistics; they are a painful indictment of our priorities.

Recent disclosures by the Honourable Minister of Health show that out of the ₦218 billion appropriated for healthcare capital expenditure, only about ₦36 million has been released. This is deeply troubling.

At the same time, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has projected over ₦135 billion for legal expenditures.

Let us reflect on this.

The amount earmarked for election-related litigation is far higher than what has been made available for primary healthcare, the very foundation of a nation’s wellbeing. This is the same primary healthcare system expected to serve millions of Nigerians and support critical institutions such as:

1. University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City

2. University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar

3. University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada

4. University College Hospital, Ibadan

5. Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife

6. University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin

7. Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua

8. University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu

9. Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos

10. Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital, Kano

11. Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos

12. University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri

13. Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi

14. University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt

15. Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto

16. University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo

17. Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria

18. Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki

19. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi

20. Federal Medical Centre, Yola

These institutions represent hope for millions. Yet, they remain underfunded, overstretched, and burdened by systemic neglect.

A nation that prepares more for electoral disputes than for the health of its citizens is a nation that has lost its way.

We must begin to ask the difficult but necessary questions: What are our true priorities? What kind of nation are we building? And for whom?

Healthcare and education are not optional; they are the foundation of national development. Any country that neglects them undermines its own future.

Nigeria must urgently reorder its priorities. We must invest in the health and wellbeing of our people, strengthen our institutions, and build a system that works for all, not just a few.

A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@HighChiefOkoro You don't need photos or videos. Go to Abia and ask Ndị-Abia to show you on the ground, Mr. Low Chief!

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@BwalaDaniel @TProgressivesNG Who cares. We already know what you will vomit.

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@Onsogbu I hope you have solar in your home, if you have any you selfish bigot. How many Nigerians can afford solar power installation in this your master's economy?

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@ruffydfire Nnaa, I weep for this Nigeria. Who did this to us? It's a political patronage list. Mahmud has got his second reward from PBAT for his yeoman's job. Reno, FFK, Ugwuanyi, and Ikpeazu, super Ambassadors. Nigeria, we hail thee....

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@CrownprinceCom2 Hardship called Shege!

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

@NigeriaStories If this is true, he should go in for it. How about one mallam Auditor-General of the Federation and N80BN fraud allegation?

[Charlie @ccnwafor660]

I will stop watching Newspaper reviews on Thursdays because that man in your studio. He likes grandstanding.