By Maryam Aminu
UNESCO Laureate, Pro-Chancellor, and World Acclaimed Distinguished Professor and Chairman Board of Trustees of West Coast International University of Sciences Technology Management and Arts Formerly Known as West Coast University United States of America, Prof. Sir Bashiru Aremu has congratulated Nigerians for the new year stating that the new year unfolds a new dawn which gives all Nigerians a leveled playing ground to make choose their political leaders within the next 4 years.
Stating further, he tasked Nigerians especially the youths to get involved in the election processes in other to have in power leaders that have the country at heart.
Aremu made this known in a new year message he signed on the 1st of January, 2023, and made available to journalists by his Senior Special Assistant on media, Emmanuel Daudu.
While reacting to the dilapidating educational system in the country, Aremu said, “education helps us get exposure to new ideas and concepts that we can use to appreciate and improve the world around us and the world within us.
When we improve our education and continue to learn, we can foster new connections, increase our marketable skills, and understand people better.
According to Benjamin Franklin, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest”.
He further said, ” Kofi Annan once said, Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.”
“Edward Everett also once said, “Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.”
“It is a high time Nigeria votes leaders that have a bias interesting in the education of its citizens. Education is the bedrock of every country. We need a President that is solely ready to invest in education. Not only to invest in it but to passionately and assiduously follow its implementation to a level that Nigeria has the best educational system in Africa”, he added.
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