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 thought out and fundamental changes
that genuinely transform the sector.”
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