Minister Urges FG to Declare State Of Emergency In Education Sector

  Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu
(Pulse)

The Minister of Education Adamu Adamu has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria  to declare a state of emergency in the education sector of the country.

The minister issued the appeal on Monday, November 13, at a special retreat the presidency held for ministers on the challenges facing the education sector.

Minister of Education urged President Muhammadu Buhari to pay more attention to the education sector as he has done to economy and security.

Talking about the numerous challenges facing the sector, the minister, therefore, asked The President to declare a state of emergency in the sector urging that this will help increase the financial and political resources required for the country to address the challenges facing education.

“I appeal to the federal government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in the Education sector for the country to be able to change the fortunes of the system.

“The strong political will needed to do all this is present in this government. What this government must now do is to make funds available,”

The Educational Sector of Nigeria has suffered a lot of crisis since the beginning of the Buhari's administration and Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) have already begun their strike on Monday, November 13, while University lecturers and College of Education lecturers are also threatening to  on strike anytime soon.