Why FCT Original Inhabitants Need Educational Empowerment – Centre
The original inhabitants of the FCT need to be educationally empowered for the sake of equity and to level the divide so they too can begin to take their place in leadership, economic, social and political spheres.
The above is the position of HipCity Innovation Centre Abuja, a research, development and advocacy organization.
The Executive Director of the Centre, Bassey Bassey, made this known at a press briefing on the ‘State of Basic Education in FCT Communities’.
According to Bassey, there is no substitute for a quality basic education as it is the foundation upon which all other levels of education rest and it sets the pace for how well children will do academically as they go higher.
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“The children of the original inhabitants of the FCT deserve better than the government is presently providing them, considering all the sacrifices that their parents and progenitors have made for the collective good of Nigeria and Nigerians.
“While we are aware, that the Education secretariat is planning to roll-out a project called “Renovate 100 schools in 100 days”, it remains an idea until the implementation begins; therefore, we call on the FCT Minister/FCT government to speedily appropriate budget allocations for the takeoff of the initiative.
“The children have lost so much learning time already and cannot afford to waste more time, as such we must stop gambling with the future of these young Nigerians.
“We charge the responsible state actors to speedily renovate and equip these schools with an adequate number of classroom desks and other furniture; provide modern toilet facilities, improved water sources such as boreholes and pumps, fans and electricity to power them, as well as, fully equipped playgrounds in all schools regardless of how remote the community is,” he said.
