FG alone can’t fund education – Minister

By Adeleye Kunle

The Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Nanah Opiah on Friday said that funding education should be a contributory effort and not the sole responsibility of government.

While advocating for a dialogue on how to fund education for the overall interest of all, the education minister said there must be alternatives for funding.

The minister stated this during the commissioning of the new college administrative building of the Federal Government Girls College, Owerri, Imo State.

He said the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, has consistently demonstrated a commitment to the welfare of teachers across the nation as shown by increment of salary and retirement age of those in the teaching profession.

Opiah further said the federal government is doing all it can to enhance the status of the teaching profession and make it attractive to the best brains in Nigeria.

According to him:” I am advocating that other stakeholders should participate in funding education. Stakeholders like businessmen and the civil society among others should see it as a contributory effort. If government decides to embark on attending to all the problems of education, there will be little or nothing left for government to attend to other sectors like security, health