Nigeria’s future lies in investment in youths education — FCEs Provost
According to a report monitored by myschoolnews,The Provost, Federal College of Education, Special, Oyo, Professor Kamoru Olayiwola Usuman has declared that the future of Nigeria lies in adequate investment in education of the youth, and doing wise would result to mortgaging Nigeria’s destining as giant of Africa, a country of great reckoning in the comity of nations.
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Professor Usman made the remark at the 17th convocation of the college held on Thursday.
He suggested that the government, through the Ministry of Labour and Employment should put in place the necessary strategies and come up with a comprehensive, balanced and commensurate reward for Nigerian workers including teachers and those directly involved in the special education. He also advised the government that negotiations on salaries of workers and welfare packages for those in the institutions of learning should be settled in a more holistic approach rather than the present ad-hoc and piece-meal method
“It is sad to note that Nigeria as a country is fast changing and has developed so many visible complexities, especially in the tertiary education system. What we are witnessing today is not student unrest but worker/labour unrest, often occasioned by the unsatisfactory nature of staff emoluments and welfare packages, unfulfilled agreement and income comparison with office holders outside the academics.
This has become an endemic problem more in our higher institutions than other sectors. Any of our public institutions have not experienced regular and full-sessions in the last five years. Our universities and colleges of education have lost the status of the Ivory Tower of those old days,” he lamented.
Speaking further, the Provost noted that the college’s funding profile has not been in any way commensurate with the requirements and demand of the college’s programmes by virtue of the college focus and specialty. He appealed to the presidency through the Federal Ministry of Education to approve special capital and TETFUND Grants for Federal College of Education for Special, to adequately address the physical and human capital needs that are constituting challenges to achieving the college’s unique mission .
Speaking in the same vein at the occasion, the Permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Andrew David Adejo, while congratulating the graduating students of the institution, expressed appreciation for the exceptional dedication and visionary leadership being displayed by successive chairman and member of the Governing Council, as well as the management team of the institution since inception. He then called on the state government, non-governmental organisations and honorable philanthropists in the society to rise to the support of the college in providing better opportunities and socio-economic relevance to the growing population of children with disabilities in Nigeria.
As part of the activities scheduled to mark the 17th convocation of the college, the institution recognized some eminent award deserving fellow Nigerians for an award of excellence in view of their immense and indelible contributions to the growth and development of Nigerian society.
The awardees of the college for the 2023 edition are; Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, the Executive Governor Borno State, Professor Babagana Zulum , Former Governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Umar Tanko Al-Makura.
Others include; The Registrar/ Chief Executive, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Josiah Olusegun Ajiboye; Chairman of the Board of Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Professor Adeolu Akande; Sir Olusegun Adeyemi Adekunle (OON); Dr (Mrs) Wasilat Shittu-Titilola and Alhaji Jimoh Abdulwwasiu Adebisi.
