“Education remains the best legacy we can ever give to our children, and no child should be denied of Western Education. It is our duty to train them and rekindle their interest in education so that they can become great leaders that will move the country forward,” he posited.

Recently, a roundtable of stakeholders on the development of a National Language Policy for Nigeria (NLPN) was convened in Abuja by the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council where a Technical Committee on the development of a NLPN was constituted after serious brainstorming.

DESPITE persistent controversy trailing the introduction of post-Unifed Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) formerly called post-UME since 2005 by the Federal Government, university Vice Chancellors are resolute in retaining the policy.

Just as the two winners of the programme: “Be Road Friendly” will be heading to the United Kingdom, August this year, Lagos State government has concluded plans to give immediate job opportunity to graduates of Lagos State University School of Traffic (LASUSOT) in order to alleviate the suffering of the unemployed graduates of the state.

Education is said to be the bed rock of any developing country, as it serves as a spring board to the well being of any nation. It also serves as the hub through which all sectors of any economy are powered. Unfortunately, the reverse is the case in Nigeria.