BREAKING: Northern Nigeria Needs Education, No State In The Region Has 50% Qualified Teachers

A former Governor of Niger State, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has emphasized the need for education in the northern part of Nigeria, stating that no state in the region has achieved a 50 percent qualification rate among teachers.

Naija News reports that the former state leader made this statement during the 22nd Daily Trust Dialogue, which focused on the theme “Food Security: Availability or Affordability,” held at the NAF Conference Centre in Abuja on Thursday.

Additionally, Aliyu raised concerns regarding the rationale behind the closure of borders, noting that despite these measures, goods from Nigeria continue to reach other ECOWAS countries.

He called on the Ministry of Livestock to collaborate with universities specializing in education and agriculture to provide training for farmers.

“What is the importance of closing borders? What is the importance of that while the population of Nigeria is almost the population of other ECOWAS members? And every market you go to in ECOWAS countries you will discover that more than half of the things in that market are from Nigeria.

“For example, in Niger the cow is still cheaper than in Nigeria. Apart from the inflation, it has always been like that because we used to send people there on good days to get these cows either for slaughter or Sallah. Why is this so? Please, do what you have to do. Do also the education.

“The second thing I am pursuing is education. In the northern states, there is no state with 50% qualified teachers. Even those who are attending the schools now, let alone those who are not able to attend school. Use federal universities of Agriculture and universities of education to educate people. We need education to have people who are passionate about a particular thing,” the former governor stated.