A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Young Progressives Party(ypp), Mrs Ruby Isaac, has pledged to work toward ending the perpetual Academic Staff Union of Universities’ strike in the country.
Ruby said this on Tuesday at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja when she spoke with newsmen.
The presidential aspirant also promised to rescue dysfunctional public institutions in the country, saying that quality and functional education was a catalyst for national development.
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“It is shameful to see education stakeholders who have not performed well now vying for elective positions while the system suffers and youths suffer longevity in studying short-term courses as a result of their insensitivity and selfishness.
Nigerian leaders deliberately ignored proffering solutions to the nation’s problem because of greed, selfishness and self-service.
But if I am allowed to serve in the capacity of the president, I will ensure that identified problems that hinder national progress such as ASUU strikes would be given permanent solutions.
I will also ensure that children of elected public officers are made to school within the country and not outside the country”, she said.
She added: “This is one major way to end a dysfunctional educational system because no elected official would sit back and watch his or her child remain in school for so long.”
However, Isaac assured them to put in her best to reduce to the bare minimum the number of out-of-school children in the country.
She said, “We will do this by creating and enforcing legislation that will make it compulsory for parents/guardians to send their children/wards to school, at least up to the secondary level of education”.
She also promised to pay special attention to girl-child education, especially in Northern Nigeria.
The aspirant also pledged to address the infrastructure deficit in Nigeria, which has been identified as the most challenging factor in doing business in the country.
While also giving her speech, she pledged to offset the nation’s foreign debt as well as end further borrowings.
She noted that to clear the nation’s debt without further borrowings, the country must become resourceful and generate its funds internally.
“We will diversity into every untapped natural resource that we have like rubber and ensure that our economy becomes a multidimensional economy”, she said.
She promised to use the party’s strategies to tackle poverty and overhaul the police and other sister agencies for better results.
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