Group scores Buhari high on education

The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) says the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has had a good outing in the education sector in the last one year.

According to CESJET, government was able to largely avoid the prolonged shutdown that traditionally plague administrations in their first years.

In a statement in Abuja by its executive secretary, Comrade Ikpa Isaac, the relative stability maintained in the education sector was despite the economic hardship that has limited government’s ability to implement projects.

The statement noted that the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has demonstrated an abundance of a trait Nigerians like in the government, which is the capacity to gauge public opinion and respond accordingly.

It said “The Education Minister, Mallam Adamu Adamu, had started on a less than popular footing with some policies and summersaults like the controversial termination of the tenure of vice chancellors of federal government owned universities. But he has since gained traction and working hard to justify his appointment by President Buhari.

“The ministry under Adamu demonstrated that it is in tune with trends in education worldwide with his support for the ICT revolution at the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB. This is a pointer to his clear understanding of how important the sector is to our country.