INVEST IN EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY: PRINCE EZE MADUMERE URGES FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT.

The erstwhile deputy Governor of Imo State and An APC Stalwart Prince Eze Madumere has called on government at all levels to leverage on Nigeria's growing population by increasing funding for education and technological research as both holds the ace for actualising the Nigeria of our dreams.

While reacting to the UN projection that Nigeria will have an estimated 398 million people by 2050, making it the third largest country in the world.

Prince Eze Madumere regretted that despite the enormous natural and human resources available at our nations disposal that Nigeria is home to over 10 million out-of-school children and the highest number of people living in extreme poverty according to the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative.

*He therefore made a passionate call to Government at all levels to embrace educational reforms that focus on developing new skills through robust and well funded technical and vocational education and training programmes for those millions of Nigerians outside the formal school system, or who possess only a primary education.*

Prince Madumere opined that for Nigeria to regain its place in the comity of Nations, The Government at all levels must formulate and implement policies aimed at advancing technological innovation, invest in human capital potential and creating jobs for young people, increase financial access, opportunities and allocation of insufficient resources towards harnessing our bulging population as an educated, healthy and resilient youth population is the best catalyst for growth.

Prince Eze Madumere further called on Government to expand its economic opportunities and embrace technology by unlocking private -sector partnerships through incentives and social impact bonds as well as boosting entrepreneurial ecosystems (with strong emphasis on apprenticeships) as these are key ways the government can help to spur growth, As leveraging on Nigeria's teeming growing population and ending poverty will entail improving the country’s economic productivity and opportunities for its citizens.

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