24m out-of-school children threatens Nigeria’s future stability— Peter Obi

By John Alechenu

Abuja — The statesmanlike campaigner of Labour Party, LP, successful 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said nary federation desirous of meaningful improvement could fold its arms and ticker millions of its children staying retired of school.

He insisted that acquisition remained the astir potent concern a federation could marque to support its future.

According to him, with implicit 24 cardinal out-of-school children, Nigeria has implicit 24 cardinal reasons to fearfulness what lies up if it fails to enactment and code education.

He added that nary federation grew beyond the prime of its quality capital, stressing that acquisition remained the instauration for gathering that capital.

The erstwhile Anambra State governor, who said this successful a station connected his verified X grip yesterday, besides said with the increasing interaction of Artificial Intelligence, AI, which is transforming the satellite of enactment and innovation, acquisition was nary longer optional but indispensable for regular life.

Obi said: “Yesterday, October 4, evening successful Washington DC, I addressed members of the Nigeria Friendship Association, a radical of professionals that began astir 30 years agone erstwhile galore of them were younger and studying successful the United States. Today, they are accomplished professionals, mostly surviving astir Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia Area and beyond.

“What struck maine astir astir them is their unwavering committedness to education, which they person supported consistently implicit the years, some successful the U.S. and backmost location successful Nigeria.

“Education remains the astir captious concern immoderate federation tin marque successful its future. With implicit 24 cardinal out-of-school children, the highest fig successful the world, Nigeria has implicit 24 cardinal reasons to fearfulness what lies up if we neglect to enactment and code education.

“No federation grows beyond the prime of its quality capital, and acquisition is the instauration for gathering that capital. “In a clip erstwhile Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the satellite of enactment and innovation, acquisition is nary longer optional, it is indispensable for regular life. We indispensable equip our young radical with the cognition and skills to vie globally, not conscionable to past but to lead.

“The efforts of associations similar the Nigeria Friendship Association springiness anticipation that together, we tin rebuild Nigeria done learning, compassion, and corporate action. A New Nigeria is Possible.”

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