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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
WAEC & NECO MUST BE FREE!
Those who enjoyed free education should not & must not gatekeep nor criminalize education.
Education is a RIGHT, not a privilege! Every child must go to school. Children of the poor must go to school. The 50K must be abolished!
Nigeria is an oil producing nation. You have huge deposits of gold, lithium & other minerals.
If Tinubu cannot make basic examination free, HE SHOULD RESIGN! Retweet this massively.
WAEC & NECO MUST BE FREE!
#AbolishExaminationFees , spread the word!
Mr Peter Obi MAY Never Get Another Endorsement Greater Than This!
If the founder and grand Patron of Boko Haram, who has been silent for years, all of a sudden reappears and begins attacking you, that means you are the person everyone should rally behind.
Thank you, Ali Modu Sheriff, for this, if only you knew what you just did!
Nigerians, if all the destroyers of your country are going against one man, you don’t need a soothsayer to tell you he is your man!
@NigeriaStories Na until we die finish before you go know say we really the feel your reforms? We no want reform again 😭 take us back to when none of your reforms dey 🤲
This is Mr. Benjamin, and he is in charge of assessments for the International STEM Olympiad.
He said that this year's exam was the toughest ever, and for our boys to get gold, it means they are far ahead of their peers.
Nigeria has the brightest untapped brains globally.
Okwuluora wrote “We are gradually losing Emmanuel. He was born Deaf & Dumb & his K!DNEY also failed. His bone is beginning to show & his Bombom decaying. Zenith already booked him for Transplant but money is not enough. Look at him making emotional signs. Pls give anything you have to save this boy. God will always remember. Them Mom’s Account is below.
2288794262
Obasi Faith Nkiruka
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More good news.
Don Anele Munachimso also won gold in Science.
He is the best in world science.
Remember, he is the best in IGCSE Chemistry in Nigeria.
The investment is worth it.
The wait is over.
We have 2 golds: Chimdiebube Onwubiko and Don Anele Munachimso.
We are the best in the world!
Egejurum Onyedikachi’s name was omitted. He should have a gold.