Iba Gani Adams, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, asked the Federal Government Monday to establish a sustainable model for funding tertiary education in the nation, claiming the current strategy could only push the education sector backwards.
Iba Adams criticised the Federal Government during a speech at the Egbe Festival 2022 in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. She claimed that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, or ASUU, strike, which lasted eight months, had crippled the educational system and jeopardised the future of young people in Nigeria.
He said: “It is sad that Nigerian universities have been on strike for the past eight months with no end in sight.
“As far as I am concerned, I think it is time for the Federal Government to introduce a more sustainable model of funding tertiary education. This would help in saving the FG the rigours of providing the resources required for funding tertiary education.
“The future of a country lies in the hands of the educated youths. It is a fact that any government that fails to educate the youths and address their future yearnings, would be consumed by the same problem it left unaddressed.”