As the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) reaches 186 days, Professor Chris Imumolen, the Presidential standard-bearer of the Accord Party for the 2023 election, has vowed to fix Nigeria’s education sector in six months, if elected as president.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Imumolen made this pledge on Thursday during an interactive session organised by his friends in Lagos under the aegis of the Professor Chris Imumolen (PCI) movement.
At the session, Prof. Imumolen also unveiled several empowerment schemes for farmers and others, including the “I Will Prosper” business scheme targeted at raising millionaires through financial and business opportunities.
Same day, he doled out funds running into several millions of naira to different lucky individuals.
According to Imumolen, the human capital of any nation remains the most vital, the reason he promised to give it paramount attention as president, stressing that the education sector will be allotted about 20% of the budget to ensure that things augur totally well.
Furthermore, he assured Nigerians that the infrastructure in the sector will receive a huge deal through an overhauling strategy that will eliminate age-long bureaucracy and corruption that have strangulated the vital sector for too long.
“As president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I will ensure that lecturers will be paid as at when due; that the academic environment will be conducive for all students, and they will have cross-cultural alignments with foreign students as whites and learners from various climes will find the Nigerian education sector so appealing,” Imumolen said.
