Brave Dickson
An associate professor and lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, Steve Wordu has hinted that the country ranks the lowest in education budget across Africa.
The university don who dropped the revelation during a chat with our correspondent further blamed the political class over the poor public schools in the country.
Wordu urged the electorate in the forthcoming 2023 general elections to only vote for those that can fix the country’s academic sector.
He added that it is unfortunate that those ruling this country do not know the consequences of neglecting public schools.
According to him, “Nigeria is yet to implement the World Bank standard on the education budget.
“This country ranks the lowest in terms of budgetary allocation for universities in Africa.”
The academician also appealed to Nigerians to reason with the Academic Staff Union of Universities over the ongoing strike, adding that ASUU really wants the government to improve the university system.
