Education is not scam, it’s your only passport – Ogun Senator charges students

The Senator representing Ogun Central and Chairman, Senate Committee connected ICT and Cybersecurity, Shuaib Afolabi Salisu, has charged students successful the authorities to clasp acquisition and courage, saying it remains the lone passport to development.

Salisu frowned astatine the increasing conception among youths that acquisition is simply a scam, noting that it has produced large men and women successful society, particularly successful Ogun State.

He said his passionateness for acquisition was shaped by his parents’ counsel 46 years ago, noting that soon aft his mother’s death, helium realised that acquisition was the lone mode to beryllium portion of society.

The lawmaker spoke connected Wednesday astatine the yearly SAS Omoyayi Educational Support Programme held astatine the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, with the theme, “Investing successful Education, Empowering Tomorrow’s Leaders.”

Reaffirming his committedness to promoting education, integer literacy and ICT skills, Salisu urged the students to spot themselves arsenic aboriginal senators, saying they present person amended schools and capable examples to animate them.

“You indispensable absorption connected your education. Whenever you’re convinced that you’re doing the close thing, don’t beryllium acrophobic to beryllium different. Keep connected doing it. The lone passport to development, to beryllium portion of society, is education,” helium said.

In his remarks, the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayo...