Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says the Federal Government should make education accessible to young people for it to solve the insecurity problem facing the country.
Abubakar said this on Friday when
delivering a convocation lecture on at the Achievers University, Owo, Ondo state.
He said countries that invest in education and innovation are leading nations of the world.
He said if education is made more accessible to young people in Nigeria, the country will progress.
“Why do we seem reluctant to the idea of providing good quality basic education for all our people? Why can’t we see that the neglect of education for our people has huge long-term consequences which have become obvious already as our country is engulfed in security challenges across its length and breadth? ” he said.
“We persuade parents to vaccinate their children against infectious diseases because vaccination is a good thing. Why don’t we do the same for education?
“Parents should be persuaded, even forced, to send their children to school so they, at least, acquire basic education. That basic education should be free and compulsory.”
