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Qualitative Education Could Check Violence And Insecurity – NDIC Boss

PRESS RELEASE

The Managing Director/Chief Executive, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Umaru Ibrahim has advocated quality education as panacea to check the spate of violence and insecurity challenges currently being experienced in the country.

MD/CE, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Umaru Ibrahim FCIB, mni, unveiling the plaque of a Science Laboratory Block donated to the Zaria Academy by the Corporation, while the Chairman and Proprietor of the school, Dr. Haroun-Rashid Adamu (2nd right) and other dignitaries watch on.

The NDIC Boss made the remark in an address he delivered as the Keynote Speaker at the 15th Graduation Ceremony of Zaria Academy, Shika, Kaduna State where a science laboratory built and equipped by the Corporation was formally commissioned as part of its corporate social responsibility initiative. While lamenting the upsurge in violent crimes and other challenges of insecurity especially among youths in the country, Ibrahim expressed the belief that the situation could be attributed to poor and weak educational system. He therefore called for concerted efforts from all stakeholders to guarantee qualitative education for millions of the nation’s youths to prepare them for gainful employment opportunities and better living conditions.

MD/CE, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Umaru Ibrahim FCIB, mni (3rd right) watches as chairman and Proprietor, Zaria Academy, Dr. Haroun-Rashid Adamu (2nd right), show him and other guests some of the Mathematics kits inside the Science Laboratory Block donated to the school by the Corporation during the commissioning ceremony.

Ibrahim who urged Nigerians to view the provision of quality education as the responsibility of all, described complete reliance on Government alone for delivery of quality education as unrealistic. He called on the private sector to compliment government efforts, stating that the resources available to government could not provide the type of education required to produce graduates that were not only employable, but also adaptable to the rapidly changing global economy.

MD/CE, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Umaru Ibrahim FCIB, mni (2nd right) and other dignitaries listening to Chairman and Proprietor, Zaria Academy, Dr. Haroun-Rashid Adamu (1st right) during the commissioning of Science Laboratory Block donated to the school by the Corporation

The squalid education situation especially in the Northern states, the NDIC boss concluded, informed the Corporation’s acceptance of the request from the Zaria Academy for the construction and equipping of its Science Laboratories which were razed by fire about two years ago. He expressed delight that the NDIC’s modest intervention largely contributed to the successes of the last two sets of graduates from the academy. While noting the low standard of education in the Northern states and the low rate of Senior Secondary School enrolment, Ibrahim called on governors in the region to improve the educational standards of their states and also offer scholarships to bright indigent students.