Peter Obi: In The Next Nigeria, Leaders Must Have Authentic Academic Certificates
Mr. Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections said he looks to the future where aspiring Nigerian leaders would present genuine certificates, acknowledged by their classmates.
The former Anambra State Governor, Obi disclosed this in Abuja while delivering a keynote address at the graduation ceremony of students of Pacesetters Academy.
Obi, who decried people busy celebrating leaders with criminal pasts at the expense of those that have excellent education and worthy careers noted that a well-educated society is pivotal to having a healthy society.
He said he is still determined to change the course of the country if availed of the opportunity to lead stressing that, “In the next Nigeria, you will not be a leader unless you attended a school unless you know your classmates unless you have a good certificate whereby if you bring your certificate, nobody will doubt it.”
Obi, while also expressing that it is impossible for Nigeria to develop without the country investing in quality education said “What differentiates development and underdeveloped was education.
“For me, education is the most important thing that any nation needs. What differentiates developed and underdeveloped is education. It is the foundation. Even when you go out and people tell you about measures of development being hinged on the human development index and they tell you it is education, health and per capital income, I will tell you that of all these three, health is about education, if you don’t have a well-educated society, you can’t have a healthy society.
“You can’t pull people out of poverty without education. The more people are educated, the more they pull themselves out of poverty and that is critical. The more you put people out of poverty, the more you reduce humanity and you can’t do that unless you invest in education.
“The more people are educated, the more they put themselves out of poverty and that is critical. You can’t have 20 million out-of-school children and think of development tomorrow. We must have to invest in education.”
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