{"id":187407,"date":"2022-05-13T06:08:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T05:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=187407"},"modified":"2022-05-13T06:08:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T05:08:11","slug":"obasanjo-im-worried-about-number-of-out-of-school-children-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/13\/obasanjo-im-worried-about-number-of-out-of-school-children-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Obasanjo: I&#8217;m worried about number of out-of-school children in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria has stated that he is worried about the growing number of out-of-school children in the country.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Thursday by Obasanjo<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0at the opening of the GOTNI leadership centre in Abuja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On Wednesday, Rahama Farah, head of the United Nations Children Fund <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/14\/unicef-insecurity-has-caused-closure-of-11536-schools-in-nigeria-since-dec-2022\/\">(UNICEF)<\/a> office in Kano, said more than 18.5 million children in Nigeria don\u2019t have access to quality education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Speaking on the issue of out-of-school children, Obasanjo said Nigeria won\u2019t make significant economic progress until children get access to education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhen people come to me and say you are doing well, I say \u2018no, that is not what I want because I am in a place to do well\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cDon\u2019t come and tell me that I am doing well. I want you to tell me what I need to do and to do better. That is what I want to hear and not for you to come and tell me I am doing well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe truth is that there is nobody that is born without some amount of innate leadership capacity and it is development that is needed. By the time we come to the GOTNI leadership centre, a bit of it is learnt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe should not forget that a lot starts from home, a lot in the school, a lot in the church and the mosque, a lot within the community itself. If we fail in all those areas, you won\u2019t even get them to come here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis is one aspect of our life. The other aspect is what we do. I am worried because no matter what we do here, as long as we have the type of situation we have now of 15 million children that should be in school that are not in school, i<\/span><span class=\"s1\">f all of us in school are graduates of GOTNI leadership centre, there will still be that gap of those who should be in school that are not educated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The former president also said Nigeria needs quality leadership that can make the right policies for the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhen you talk about the problem of an African country and particularly of Nigeria, they will say it is leadership \u2014 leadership deficit and leadership deficiency \u2014 and both can be taken care of in this GOTNI leadership centre,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cLeadership can be taught. Leadership can be acquired just like you can teach anything else. And anything that can be taught, can be learnt. So, if leadership can be taught, it can be learnt. So, people must be ready to teach and learn leadership.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In his remarks, Linus Okorie, the institute\u2019s proprietor, said the centre\u2019s goal is to develop quality leaders and promote competency at all levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe investment that we are making today, some of it might not be speaking right now in the political space, but in the organisations, we are already seeing stories of transformation and change going on,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAll I want is a critical mass of human beings investing in this journey where we can grow leadership from high school up to political level.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"acss78078\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cNow that we are in the political period, anybody who wants to seek political office at whatever level, must come and sit down and understand what leadership is about so that when they get into leadership positions, they will do well because they have been groomed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThey understand leadership competencies. They are visionary, men and women of honour and they can make things happen. For me, it\u2019s in my agenda to transform leaders and create values. We must invest in them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria has stated that he is worried about the growing number of out-of-school children in the country. This was stated on Thursday by Obasanjo\u00a0at the opening of the GOTNI leadership centre in Abuja. 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