What 10-year-old Nigerian school pupil wants Buhari administration to do with the money budgeted for education in 2017
As you can see, he holds a piece of paper in his hand. On it is written the things he would want President Muhammadu Buhari administration to do for him and other Nigerian school pupils/students in 2017. Call it his wish or shopping list, and you will not be flogged or punished by your teacher for saying so.
His name? Master Gold Joshua, the Head Boy of Rising Sun Children School, Agode-Egbe, in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos. If you like, you can interpret the matter even further: to win Master Gold and his ilk’s hearts in the Education Sector in 2017, these, in Powerpoints nutshell distilled from his letter, are what it will take from President Buhari’s administration. “Good day Sir, Mr. President. With due respect, I wish to share my expectations on education in the year 2017,” he wrote at the beginning of his letter.
Pay teachers regularly: “From the President to the least of person in the nation, all were taught in school by teachers. So teachers’ welfare should be of great priority for education to make progress in 2017.”
Make education free: “If this is not done, the poor among us may not be able to send their children to school.”
Renovate physically bad-looking schools: “Your Excellency, Sir, in 2017, something will need to be done urgently about all these ancient-looking schools that we all see around us.”
Provide our schools with modern facilities: “This will help our teachers to teach well and us to learn well too.”
Encourage the brilliant ones among us with scholarship and special gifts: “It will boost the morale of exceptional students and enable them to make our nation proud.”
“Mr. President, Sir, I want to say that if you can consider these my suggestions, they will go along way in promoting education in 2017,” he concluded.