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The former Governor of Niger State, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has made a disturbing revelation on the standard of the teaching staff in the northern part of the country.

According to the former Governor, no State in Northern Nigeria has 50 per cent qualified teachers.

Aliyu made this revelation during the 22nd Daily Trust Dialogue themed “Food Security: Availability or Affordability”. The event was held at NAF Conference Centre, Abuja, on Thursday.

Speaking at the event, the former governor also questioned the wisdom behind border closure. He noted that despite the closure, goods from Nigeria find their way to other ECOWAS nations.

Aliyu, therefore, urged the Ministry of Livestock to partner with universities of education and agriculture to educate farmers.

He said, “What is the importance of closing borders? What is the importance of that while the population of Nigeria is almost the population of other ECOWAS members? And every market you go to in ECOWAS countries you will discover that more than half of the things in that market are from Nigeria.

“For example, in Niger, the cow is still cheaper than in Nigeria. Apart from the inflation, it has always been like that. Because we used to send people there on good days to get these cows either for slaughter or Sallah. Why is this so? Please, do what you have to do. Do also the education.

“The second thing I am pursuing is education. In the northern States, there is no State with 50% qualified teachers. Even those who are attending the schools now, let alone those who are not able to attend school. Use Federal Universities of Agriculture and Universities of Education to educate people. We need education to have people who are passionate about a particular thing.”

 

 

source: Daily Trust

 

 

 

 

 

 

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