Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that education remains very critical to development, and remains the key to the many problems facing Nigeria.
Obi spoke after a breakfast meeting with the Chief Executive of Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, Rosie Glazebrook, in Lagos on Tuesday.
Obi, who recalled what education was doing in many parts of the world, said it remained the only enduring legacy by which the future generations would compete with their peers all over the world. He said that if the nation’s leaders understood as much, ASUU would not be on strike at the moment.
It would be recalled that as the Governor of Anambra State, Obi moved Anambra from the 26th position in external examinations to number one among other states in Nigeria. It was after the spectacular improvement that the World Bank commissioned Prof. Paul Collier to study what Anambra State did on education, which they widely publicized and encouraged other countries to emulate.
