…Describes Buhari’s development strategies as wrong
Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has advocated for a reversal of the centralisation of power and concentration of resources in the Federal Government as the main centre of power.
Abubakar stated this while delivering the 11th Convocation Lecture of Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, with the topic: “Diversity, Education and Autonomy: Developing Nigeria in the Years Ahead”, noted that it is a cog in the wheels of the development and progress of the nation.
According to him “The excessive centralization of power and concentration of resources in the federal government have not served us well.
The former VP, who reiterated his call for the autonomy of the constituent parts, said the country needs to tailor its development policies and practises to acknowledge its diversity and benefit from it.
He also advocated severe punishment for parents who refuse to send their children to have ‘free primary and secondary education,’
According to him, basic education must be free and compulsory. Parents should be forced to send their children to school just as they are forced to vaccinate their children against infectious diseases.
Abubakar noted that there would not be over 13 million out-of-school children if there were severe consequences for parents who refuse to send their children to school.
He stated that, long ago, his father was jailed by the local authorities for refusing to send him to school.
