Fed govt. urged to declare emergency on education

By Ambrose Nnaji

The Managing Director of Kresta Laurel Limited, Mr Dideolu Falobi, has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on the education sector.

He charged the Federal Government to revamp the sector through the provision of infrastructure, better funding, inexpensive fees, and quality remuneration for staff among others.

He made this call at the 13th Convocation Ceremony of the Lagos City Polytechnic, held in LTV premises in Lagos according to The Nation.

Dideolu, while delivering the convocation lecture entitled, ‘Enhancing the Standard of Tertiary Education in Nigeria’, identified inadequate funding, brain drain, instability of academic calendar, cultism, drug abuse among  others as vice that had hampered tertiary education in Nigeria.

He said: “The enhancement of the standards of education in Nigeria at all level is the responsibility of all stakeholders including and not limited to the parents, students, promoters, institutions management, staff and the regulatory authorities.

“Everybody must identify and play his role. However, the Federal Government must declare a state of emergency in the educational sector. The level of decadence is too high. The children that are not trained might not allow those that are trained to live in peace, hence, the future and time is ripe for the government to act,” he added.