ABUJA — The minister of education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, says he failed to resolve the issues in the education sector despite being the longest-serving minister.
Speaking at the 66th National Council on Education (NCE) in Abuja yesterday, Adamu said reducing the number of out-of-school children across the country to the barest minimum was one of his key priorities when he was appointed as the minister of education by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.
He admitted that he failed Nigerians over his inability to eradicate the menace of out-of-school children in the country, in keeping to his vision, as well as other challenges in the education sector.
“Few days ago, someone called my attention to the fact that I am the longest-serving minister of education in Nigeria,” he said. “Sincerely speaking, it never occurred to me and I never cared whether I was the longest or shortest serving minister.”
The Minister continued, “My worry was that I came to office as minister of education seven years ago to tackle the myriad of issues confronting the education system, particularly the issue of out-of-school children.
“But unfortunately, I failed to achieve all these expectations. For seven years, I was unable to tackle the issue of out-of-school children and several other challenges in the education sector. However, there are so many factors that contributed to that failure, but the key one, probably, has to do with education commissioners in the states.”
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