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
They told us subsidy was dead and buried, but NNPCL’s latest financial statements revealed ₦7.1 trillion was quietly spent as an "energy security expense". Meanwhile, citizens are paying over ₦1,200 at the pump. The opacity in our public finance architecture is exactly why public trust has completely evaporated
Can u see they changed the name to energy security expense Hahahaha
It is subsidy ooo
Dear Dave Umahi, at least, the Peter Obi that you've been attacking does not have this kind of childish scandals.
At your age, you should thoroughly be ashamed of yourself.
ApC propagandist will neve tell u that President tinubu lead protest against subsidy removal in 2012 and called it Jonathan tax
He then removed subsidy in 2023 and after doing that all we see is corruption
ETIM ETIM: "Two young women from Kaduna state – Mary Habila and Mary Baski – left home and visited the country home of David Umahi, minister of works, in Uburu, Ebonyi state, where they spent the night or many nights. In the morning of June 26, 2026, Mary Habila was found dead in her room in the minister’s palatial residence. The other lady, Mary Baski, has since disappeared into thin air. She has not uttered a word about the death of her colleague and friend, and nobody knows where she is. The mystery surrounding the death of Miss Habila in Umahi’s residence has become one of the biggest scandals this year. It is even bigger than the Prince Adeyemi story, but unfortunately, the Nigerian media, the NBA, civil society, National Council of Women Societies, Kaduna state government, the presidency and even the Nigerian Police have been uncharacteristically muted about this mystery. Who killed Miss Habila and why? What was she doing at the minister’s residence?"
https://t.co/nrAWVm0ejL
EFCC shuns Femi Gbajabiamila and Invites Randy Peters and Mama Pee
The incompetent Tinubu government, in its bid to distract Nigerians from its corrupt practices and to silence the voices of the opposition and Nigerians in general, has unleashed the blind eagle of the EFCC to arrest Peter Randy and Mama Pee.
Everyone MUST reject this tyranny and say no to the Dictator Tinubu.
Tinubu and his corrupt cohorts' time is up; we must fix our country!
BREAKING: The most useless agency in
Nigeria @officialEFCC has kidnapped @Peter4Nigeria and @MamaPee__
They were invited and honoured the invitation but are missing since afternoon!
It is the Judiciary That Determines Who Rules Nigeria; That is Why Houses Are Being Bought For Judges - Fayose
There is nothing like democracy; what we will have is a coronation. We have dictators who are not in military uniforms.
Isaac Fayose, Social Commentator
🚨 A CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE IS TAKING PLACE IN NIGERIA!
As you can see, their attempts at suppressing videos of these attacks are gradually bearing fruits as i predicted. They're investing millions of dollars locally and internationally to suppress videos and real time reports of the appalling genocidal MASSACRE of Christians across board.
The genocide against Christians in Nigeria is unlike anything you've ever witnessed in the past, yet all they care to do is suppress, rather than end it. Trust me, this suppression will eventually backfire. Ticking time bomb.
STOP THE GENOCIDE NOW!
JUST IN: Tinubu Govt Now Going After Members of Obidient Movement, Other Peter Obi's Supporters and Harassing Us — Morris Monye Raises Alarm https://t.co/S9tWmJj12Q
My dear brother,@Peter4Nigeria , and my sister, @MamaPee__ were invited by the @officialEFCC . I personally accompanied them there on the afternoon of 15th July 2026, at about 1:00 p.m.
It was a very long day. They were eventually released at around 12:00 a.m. and were asked to return the following day, 16th July 2026.
For now, everything is fine.
More updates will be shared as events unfold.
Justice can never be cracked.
. @MamaPee__ and @Peter4Nigeria were invited by the EFCC in Abuja, and as respectful citizens, they honored the invitation today. But as I type this, they are yet to be released by the commission.
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
This afternoon, the EFCC invited Peter Akah (Randy Peter) and Mama Pee to their Abuja office for interrogation.
This is night (11:44pm) and they’ve been unreachable.
Our people on ground don’t have a clear picture on what is going on. .
EFCC what is going on.
This is an SOS call to the authorities. What is going on please.
Dave Umahi and the 5 Missing NELAN Engineers.
The firm assigned five of its best engineers to the project. They were:
• Engr. Nelson Onyemeh — Lead Consultant/CEO of NELAN Consultants, from Ihiala, Anambra State.
• Engr. Ernest Edeani — From Nkanu, Enugu State.
• Engr. Ikechukwu Ejiofor — From Umunya, Anambra State.
• Engr. Samuel Aneke — From Nkanu, Enugu State.
• Engr. Stanley Nwazulum — From Amawbia, Anambra State.
During the course of the project, serious tensions reportedly arose between NELAN and the Umahi administration over project control and payments. According to the families of the five engineers, the Umahi government allegedly wanted NELAN to "take a back seat" so the state could exercise direct control, issue payment certificates, and give instructions to contractors.
The then-Governor Dave Umahi reportedly wanted NELAN to sign or approve certificates of satisfactory completion for work supervised or executed by other engineers and contractors. NELAN allegedly refused, arguing that doing so would violate the AfDB contract terms, breach its professional obligations, and risk the firm, and possibly the project—being blacklisted by the AfDB.
On November 3, 2021, the five engineers left Enugu for Ebonyi State in an official Toyota Hilux (registration number ERR 001 EB) for site supervision. They never returned, and, to this day, neither they nor their remains have been found.
What happened to the five NELAN engineers?