FG to increase education funding by 25% – Minister

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has expressed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to improve budget meant for education by 25 per cent with the right policies in place.

Mamman who was speaking while delivering an opening address at Nigeria’s Annual Education Conference (NAEC) in Abuja, also expressed sadness over the recent gruesome murder of a female nursing student of the Federal University,Oye-Ekiti,FUOYE,Miss Atanda Modupe Deborah.

He has directed the FUOYE Vice Chancellor, to work with security agencies to track down the killers of the student for prosecution.

The minister also pledged his commitment to bridge the gaps between education policy statements and its actualisation outcomes.

He noted that the country had a lot of good policies on what was required to do in the best interest of the nation but that those policies were not bringing values to the sector.

”What we need is the action on ground and not the policy declaration. This is where I can tell you we intend to come in,” he said.

He said that the responsibilities of government was to provide opportunities for Nigerians to be empowered adding that now is the time to make the policies reality.

The event with the theme, “Implementation of Education 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Nigeria”was convened for stakeholders to deliberate on enhancing entrepreneurial skills, and vocational and technical education in Nigerian schools.