Tinubu promises to improve investment in education

President Bola Tinubu receiving the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) at the State House, Abuja, promised to improve investment in education across the country. The President assured that his administration would commit more resources to the education sector to ensure that every Nigerian child, regardless of their background, has access to quality education.

The President asserted that poverty should not be a barrier to education, noting that the transformative power of education in combating poverty.
President Tinubu had stated: ”If we all believe that education is the greatest weapon against poverty, then, we have to invest in it.
”Poverty should not prevent anybody, any child, including the daughter or son of a wood seller, ‘Bole’ (plantain) seller or yam seller from attaining their highest standard of education, to eliminate poverty.
”If you eliminate poverty from one family, you can carry the rest of the weight. ”
He added, ”You have to promote unity and stability among each other. You have to employ democratic means in your programmes and elections. I have to say anyone who is unable to accept and celebrate a free and fair election, does not deserve the joy of victory.”

The Director of Information, State House, Abuja, Abiodun Oladunjoye, in a statement indicated that the leader of the delegation, Umar Barambu, said the NANS leaders had come to thank the President over the signing into law of the Student Loan Bill, which will provide loans to indigent students such that no Nigerian student in tertiary institution will drop out of school over inability to pay school fees.
The Director noted that the Bill, sponsored by former House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, was signed into law by President Tinubu on Monday, June 12, which is Democracy Day.
According to Barambu: “We are here to congratulate you and to thank you for what you have been doing to the country since you assumed responsibility as the President. We want to equally thank you for the Students Loan Bill.”
Declaring the students’ support on the removal of fuel subsidy, the NANS president said: ”It takes a great person to take that bold step of removing the subsidy on petrol. Some people contacted us to protest against that decision, but we said no!
”The well is dry and ‘Baba’ cannot give what we don’t have now. We have to accept reality and face that challenge squarely so that together we can rescue the country. Today we are saying ‘yes’ to fuel subsidy removal and we will stand with that decision.”