Presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (retd.), has deflated claim by President
Goodluck Jonathan of his administration recording outstanding achievements in
the education sector, describing the claim as empty and inconsequential.
The APC Presidential Campaign Organization that disclaimed this rather held the
administration responsible for serious shortcomings in the sector, and blamed
President Goodluck Jonathan for presiding over the greatest decline ever known
in the education sector in the nation’s history.
In a statement issued by its Director of Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba
Shehu, the party blamed the administration of President Jonathan for the
present confusion in the sector ridden with long strikes occasioned by the poor
management of the sector by his appointees.
It continued that “A second characteristics of the sector are the ill-equipped
and poorly-staffed universities set up by President Jonathan in 2011 for the
purpose of winning votes. The Jonathan’s universities are more like glorified
secondary schools. Thirdly, is the continuous mass failure of young Nigerians
in international examinations like the West African School Certificate (WASC).”
The APC presidential campaign spokesperson maintained that his party “have
taken note of President Jonathan’s song in his recent campaigns around the
country about the number of new universities and tertiary institutions he has
set up in the past six years and how he hopes that these would train our youths
to take the country to the moon.
“We dare say that none of the new universities set up by President Jonathan, meets the standard of good
institutions in terms of infrastructure, adequate and well-trained academic
staff and proper planning about the future growth and development of these
universities.
“Therefore, it amounts to self-deceit to say and believe that his ‘’political
universities’’ can take Nigeria
to the moon. As a result of the lack of foresight and policy somersault of the
Jonathan’s government in the area of education at all levels, the nation has
continued to grapple with the problem of low standard of many young graduates
and high rate of failure of the nation’s youths in international and national
examinations like WASC and NECO.
“Therefore the claim of President Jonathan of having performed wonderfully in
the education sector is a bogus claim which cannot stand rigorous examination
and analysis,” he noted.
The APCPCO categorically alleged that the future of our education has bcome
precarious because the administration of President “Jonathan has only carried
out cosmetic improvements for the purpose of winning votes and retaining power
rather than well
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