Nigerians have been Electing Uneducated Leaders who do not value Education – Sanusi

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has chided Nigerians for electing uneducated leaders who do not value education into public office.

The Emir stressed that Nigerians must ensure they elect into public offices, leaders who “are educated and know the value of education.”

Sanusi said because most elected Nigerian leaders are uneducated, they cannot give quality education in government because they are not aware of the values and benefits.

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The Emir stated this opinion at the 6th convocation of the Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, where he urged Nigerians not to elect leaders without quality education to public offices.

At the ceremony, he was conferred with an Honorary Doctor of Science, alongside the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III.

Sanusi said further that the Federal Government must use part of the trillions of naira it spent on subsiding petroleum products to educate the youth of the country.

“We have to take an interest in the quality of our leaders and representatives in the level of education. If you look around this country at many levels of leadership, we have elected and we have chosen to elect people who do not have education. And because they are not educated, they cannot give education.

We need to lay more emphasis on the quality of people we elect to executive and legislative offices and we need to make sure that those to whom we entrust policy are themselves educated and know the value of education.

Let us invest more in education and let us give up some of the privileges that we have such as the trillions we are spending subsiding petroleum products. That money should go into educating our young people.” Sanusi said.