The senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Sen. Shehu Sani has commended the Federal Government of Nigeria for reintroducing history into the Nigerian secondary schools curriculum.
The senator made this known in a terse statement in reaction to the reintroduction on his Facebook and Twitter pages on Wednesday evening.
Recall that the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had announced the reintroduction on Tuesday at the launch of history curriculum and teacher’s guide in Abuja.
The minister was quoted as saying that the cardinal principles of the present administration is social and behavioural change, and history is key to its realisation, while emphasizing the importance of history to nation-building, national identity, patriotism and overall human development.
Commending the move to reintroduce the subject, Sani said, “Reintroduction of History in Nigeria’s school curriculum is commendable. Knowledge of history and taking lessons from history will help in shaping or reshaping the minds of our younger ones. It will help them to know more about where we came from and how we arrived here. They will know more about the storms, the turbulence, the pains, the failures, the successes on our path to nationhood; and how to create their own path to the future while avoiding our mistakes and tragedy. Nigeria’s history is not just about Jonathan and Buhari or PDP and APC.”
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