A federal lawmaker, Hon. Oghene Emmanuel, has blamed the Federal Government over alleged insincerity in declaring a state of emergency in the education sector, contrary to a promise it earlier made.
The Federal Government had in January said it would declare a state of emergency by April this year, due to the challenges bedeviling the sector.
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, had then said that his ministry was planning to present a proposal to the National Council of State for graduates of education to henceforth be employed on Grade Level 10 while employment would also be offered to students studying education in tertiary institutions.
But Emmanuel, who is representing the Amuwo Odofin Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, said in a chat with our correspondent on Friday that if the government was totally committed to revamping the education sector, it would fund it appropriately and not allocate paltry sums to it as it had always done.
The lawmaker stressed that it was only when the sector was allocated adequate funds that it would produce the desired
results.
He said, “We all know what is happening in the education sector and I think that the government is not sincere about declaring a state of emergency as it said in January. The issue is simple to solve and the solution is funding. So, what government needs to do is to fund the sector adequately. “Declaring a state of emergency in education without funding shows that the government is not sincere and unprepared, and we hope they will do the right thing by funding the education and health sectors so that we can have a desired result in the country.”
