Harass Government to improve education sector – Oshiomhole tells Nigerians

Former Edo state Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has called on Nigerians to hassle the government to prioritize education.

He made this suggestion while speaking on Thursday at an event in Abuja.

Oshiomhole stated that the teachers in the schools are not giving their best because they are “hungry and will in turn show no kindness to the children who will grow up with the idea that the world is uncaring

He said: “Talking about education, one thing I want us to do is not to be carried away by politics. We have a law that says if a child is not in school, the parents should be prosecuted,” he said.

“That is the law of universal compulsory education, but as we speak, we have children who are being taught under the tree, that is if they are being taught at all. And we have teachers who can’t even spell their names and they can only spread illiteracy.

“It is about harassing, engaging, terrorising and if I may quote Obasanjo, even behaving like a rebel to force governors and governments to get priorities right with regards to education.

“It is not possible for us to boast of the ultra-modern government house but the most dilapidated schools and even to employ teachers and not pay them.

“You have angry and hungry people in the classroom. They can’t be nice to our children and when they show no kindness to those children, those children grow up without care, without feeling, believing that the society is uncaring.”