Buhari's Administration Promise Teachers Free Tertiary Education

The Vice President-elect Professor Yemi Osibanjo lament lack of teachers training and re training drive in the country, according to the him,  “one of the basic problems confronting education in the country was lack of training for teachers in the country especially in the public schools.”

He stated this in Lagos at a consultative meeting with the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, that was well attended by teachers, the All Progressive Congress, APC, Party chieftains including Governor Raji Fashola and Lagos state commissioner of education.

Professor Osibanjo however states the incoming administration's commitment to teachers training. saying "One of the basic problems that we have is the fact that we have not continued with education for teachers – teachers training in particular. That is why this consultation is very important. It is only the beginning of the consultations that I intend to have”.

I asked the Governor for this opportunity because of the very great importance that the Buhari administration will place on education".

Prof. Osibanjo then promised teachers an opportunity to obtain higher degrees under the Buhari's administration while stressing the importance of continuous education for teachers, saying, “Continuous education for teachers is very important to us. They teach future leaders and the free education will be for teachers who want to go to the universities to learn more".

He further noted that education and health are burning issues of national importance that would receive significant boost under the incoming administration.

“In our manifesto, one thing that is very clear is that we are going to spend a lot time and resources on education, especially public education.

“Lagos is the model for what we want to do. For example, we have talked about free education for Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics, STEM,and free education at the tertiary level for teachers,” Professor Osinbajo said.

In his remark, Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers in the state, Mr. Adesegun Raheem pleaded with the Federal Government to invest more in teachers to guarantee development, noting that one of the ways to invest in teachers is making teaching profession very attractive.