Former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has sensationally declared that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is not interested in the education of schoolchildren.
Ezekwesili said this on the sidelines of the seventh year anniversary of the kidnap of over 276 girls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents.
Although most of the 276 girls escaped or were later released, more than 112 girls are still missing.
She lamented that the whereabouts of the schoolgirls still remain unknown.
Ezekwesili thus called on the Federal government to give children a priority in Nigeria, especially on their education.
She also reacted to a claim by Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, that the Federal Government directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to mint about N60 billion to augment the monthly allocation to states.
Being a former Vice President of the World Bank, Ezekwesili said the nation’s economy is in serious trouble.
While describing inflation as the worst economy of the poor, she said Nigeria’s inflation stands at 17 per cent.
“The country is in serious economic trouble. The truth is that you have got inflation at high double digit of 17 per cent.
“For the governor to be almost sanguine about quantitative easing that is not backed by the kind of level of growth and productivity like America and some of the other countries in Europe, this is really so much dangerous policy,” she added.