President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education to convene a ministerial summit on education within the next few weeks.
The president gave the directive on Saturday in Ilorin, in his address at the 33rd Convocation of the University of Ilorin.
The president was represented by Prof. Abubakar Abdulrasheed, the Executive Secretary of the National University Commission (NUC).
He explained that reason for the summit is to tackle major problem facing the education sector.
According to Mr. Buhari, this is with a view to restore education to its lead role of human development game-changer.
“My government will not allow the country to miss the globally agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) train, the driving force of which is education.
“Any success recorded in education will have a ripple effect on every other sector of our life,” he said.
The president also warned against excessive display of intolerance, rancour, hostility, mutual suspicion and all such acts capable of causing social unrest in the country.
He said: “Those who fan embers of division must refrain from the unacceptable tendencies; retrace their steps and learn to live together with one another”.
(NAN)
