Overall, the number of qualified teachers–NCE graduates–specialising in primary education does not meet the requirement in many states. It is estimated that about 57 per cent of primary school teachers are not qualified or are under-qualified.
– A World Bank report on the grimness of primary school education in Nigeria.
They are usually set up to buy time for any government that comes on stream. Government has never been sincere and only pretends about commitment to the development of the region. The most difficult person to wake up is one who pretends to be asleep.
– Chief J.O.S. Ayomike, an Itsekiri leader, on the failure of numerous government committees to address the Niger Delta problem.
The benefits of having this ministry is such that issues of policy and programme for the region can now be discussed at the highest policy making level of the Federal Government and close attention paid to it.
– Emmanuel Uduaghan, Governor of Delta State, applauding the creation of a ministry for the Niger Delta.
The discovery of an athlete at the grassroots is not all there is to making a world champion. There must be an adequate programme to monitor the progress of the athletes. Are they well managed? Are they in school? Are they being camped under the right conditions?
– Sunday Bada, police officer and Technical Manager, Athletics Federation of Nigeria, on the way athletes can be groomed.
I never returned any kobo to anybody and there was no basis for such. There was nothing to refund. There was no truth in it.
– Senator Rashidi Ladoja, former governor of Oyo State, denying media reports that he refunded N500million to the state government.
If I want to list the challenges facing manufacturers in the country, I will say power, power, power! Then I will also say security. The soaring cost of diesel has made the few existing industries to fold up.
-Alhaji Bashir Borodo, President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, on the factors militating against the manufacturing sector.
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