VICE Presidential Candidate of the People Democratic Party in the last elections, and former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that adequate investment in the lives of children iH a sure way of bringing national development to Nigeria.
Obi made the the assertion in a Statement issued by his Media Aide, Barrister Valentine Obienyem, to mark this year’s Children’s Day, explaining that every child is a bundle of potentials which when properly harnessed through adequate investment in education, can propel the country to an enviable height of national growth and development.
Describing children as the hope of Nigeria’s future, Obi said any government that does not take their affairs seriously is planning doom for the generations to come.
The former governor expressed happiness that governments at various levels have embraced e-learning as an alternative to the closure of schools as a result of Coronavirus.
He further explained that when children are well trained and educated, the nation would have less worrries on insecurities, violence and other societal vices plaguing a nation like Nigeria, as they would grow to become responsible individuals contributing positively to national development.
He warned that any nation that refuses to invest adequately in the training of their children and young ones will only reap violence, dearth of entrepreneurship, and leadership, corruption and irresponsibility in the future.
Obi described Children as the solid bedrock on which the future of every nation is built and thus must be given the best in terms of quality education, access to good health and moral support needed for their complete formation.
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