The oddities of our present day elites as regard education.
By Onyeka Emeka.
Down with awful and disgusting feelings that come with fever, emanating from the rise and fall of my expectations as regard ending the ongoing ASUU strike.
Lying in my self contained wooden bed and vividly gazing at my fast aging parents in thier room, as i have tête-a-tête with my inner man on my plans and how they are being thwarted by the lingering strike. I number my plights not just as a student but also a citizen of the awry nation called Nigeria. When i was growing up as a young boy and as a student, i wasn't only taught, i also read little of Nigeria's history. How she got her independence, how the nationalists formidably strived & harnessed one another's efforts towards ensuring that Nigeria was emancipated from the hand of the colonial masters. This was done irrespective of tribes and other back drops that's why Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Sir. Ahmadu Bello, to mention but a few. Are 4eva young" in our memories today for their selfless services & noncabalism & if any of them had the chances of making updates on face book, they wouldn't have been getting huge insultes even as our present leaders whom debased themselves are getting. As at late 70s, things were reletively much better compare to the present day realities the poverty line was less than 30% and the exchane rate was 0.894 ₦1 to 1USD in 1985. Agriculture was much regarded as it contributed to the bulk of the country's revenue but with the romance between the FG & Oil at its discovery earlier on, led to the jilt of Agriculture which was now looked at as an old "woman".
The Education sector was equally erudite before things fell apart, infact the Nigeria today is the shadow of the then Nigeria and this brings to my main point. I was reading an online news page where i came across a statement made by Wike the acting minister of Education. Wike was quoted as saying that "for education sector to be rivived, toes would be stepped on". I see this as politicking the education and toying with the future of millions of vibrant youths who struggle through school. From the statement, it is quite conspicuous that there are hands holding the sector captive & i wonder who these cabals who are in all sectors of the economy are. Our educational system is in the state of shabby and dangerously precarious as such, needs herculean efforts geared towards reviving it and a whole minister has the courage to talk about cabals, this is freakingly aghasting! When Wike became acting minister of education after the president jettisoned Mrs. Rukayat, i completely lost hope knowing fully well that Wike is a frivolous man who has found pleasure in bicker & calumniating against Amaechi the Rivers state governor. Those who listen or read trending issues in the polity will affirm to this, Wike was obvioulsy reward by GEJ whom he for his sake, antagonizes Amaechi for. Now tell me, is GEJ serious with delivering on the monumental challenges &demands on developmental activities particularly as it affects human capital dev't? I veciferusly lapoon Mr. Wike's appointment whether it's interime or not! Perhaps his appointment justifies the saying that birds of the same feathers, flock togther cos if GEJ was wise & intelligent enough, he would have armed himself with like minded people. Even if ASUU strike is called off today, it is even belated, yet nothing gratifying is heard of it lately. Gov't under GEJ has neglected its priority of developing human capital which is a bane for spuring the general dev't. If i were GEJ, i wiould have done much better to end this embarrassing situation to minimally obscure his mediocrities & to win the hearts of the youths who are now leaving him at the mercy of the so called G-7 governors cos with the present realities, i doubt his survival of his political crucification. Often time i hear in the news of gov't borrowing to facilitate some programmes that are no where close to education on the scale of preference so why can't the gov't borrow to mitigate this vital sector if really it's broke or if it really mean well for the future leaders? I am looking forward to seeing a better Nigeria, where there will be no cabals, no corruption, no poverty, with accessible and qualitative education.
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