By Lillian Okenwa
While members of Nigeria’s National Assembly —the Senate and the House of Representatives gear up to receive their brand new 2023 model Toyota Land Cruisers valued at N57.6 billion amidst hunger and devastating economic hardship across the country, a trending video shows pupils of a primary school in Edo state lying down on the floor of their bare classroom to write.
This has further shown the deplorable state of schools across the nation and the value political leaders place on the education of ordinary citizens
At the just concluded the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York last September, President Bola Tinubu reportedly spent ₦390M on Hotel accommodation. Documents published by fIJ reveal that the federal government spent a massive $507,384 (N390.7 million) on hotel accommodation for President Bola.
It is apparent that politicians spare no cost on their comfort while the basic necessities for the governed are ignored.
Although Section 2 of the Compulsory Free Universal Basic Education Act, provides that state governments should make counterpart contributions to the Universal Basic Education Fund, they have failed or neglected to do so.
According to Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, “What the National Assembly should do is to address the refusal of state governments to make counterpart contributions to the Universal Basic Education Fund pursuant to Section 2 of the Compulsory Free Universal Basic Education Act.’’
It does appear however that the National Assembly is interested in other matters.
