Investment in education pays the best dividend than any other investment, former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said.
Atiku made the assertion, yesterday, on the sidelines of the graduation ceremony of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
“Education is a game changer because it unlocks the sustainable crude oil in the brain as against that in the bowels of the earth. Education remains a priority to me. That explains why I invested in it and was prepared against all odds to walk this journey that has earned me a higher degree today.”
He pleaded with the Federal Government and ASUU to resolve all extant issues to pave the way for the strike to be called off so that students can return to school for their own good and to the benefit of our country.
Even more importantly, he counselled on the need for all stakeholders in the society to make the funding of ASUU a continuous and deliberate policy for the sake of our youth.
The board of the university had on November 12, 2021 confirmed the award of Master of Arts on International Relations on Atiku following the successful completion of his Master’s degree programme at the university. The graduation ceremony could not hold then because of the outbreak of COVID-19.
The former Vice President was, however, not physically present at the graduation ceremony held yesterday having collected his certificate earlier.
He was also not represented in line with the policy of the university. The PDP presidential candidate stayed away from the event in solidarity with Nigerian students, their parents and wards who have been at home for months with no end in sight to the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
“In all honesty I could not mount the podium with other graduands to collect my certificate today.”