Chiedu Uche Okoye argues for more investment in education
Macmillan School dictionary defines education as “the activity of educating people in schools, colleges and universities, and all the policies and arrangement concerning this.” Down the ages, the African people have been engaged in the enterprise and activity of acquiring education as evidenced by the existence of University of Timbuktu long before Africa and its people(s) came under imperial subjugation and rule.
The acquisition of education by the people(s) of Africa is the light that penetrated and dispelled the pall of darkness that once enveloped Africa. The white people brought western education to us and built schools where knowledge and good morals were inculcated into people. In Nigeria, those educated people helped to put a stop to some obnoxious, vile, and inhuman cultural practices such as the killing of twins. And, many people, who attended schools, built by white people secured employment in the civil service and contributed their quotas to the development of Nigeria.