Tinubu Commends Yakubu Dogara’s Contribution to Advancement of Education

Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi 

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has applauded Hon Yakubu Dogara’s contribution  to the advancement of education in Nigeria. 
He spoke at the foundation laying ceremony for the construction of Yakubu Dogara Centre for Legal and Democratic Studies  (YADILDS) at  Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, weekend. 
Represented by Minister of State for Education Dr. Suwaiba Ahmad, Tinubu, said, “Let me use this medium to thank the former speaker, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, and members of his council, for this great project which is in line with our renewed hope agenda to boost educational standard in our dear country. 
“This shows how committed and patriotic the former speaker is towards achieving quality education in Nigeria.
“I hope that the Yakubu Dogara Institute of Legal and Democratic Studies (YADILDS) will be one of the Centres of Excellence that Nigeria and Africa will be proud of, especially in the area of legal and democratic studies.
“It is our hoped that this project will see the light of the day and, I call on many organisations and philanthropists to make commitment towards financing this gigantic project that will impact positively, not only on the law and political science students of this great institution, but also the entire Nigerian society and beyond.”
On his part, Dogara noted that there were millions of out-of-school children in Nigeria not because they hated education but because they could not afford it.  
“And there’s always a correlation between education and development. Look at all the countries where the level of literacy is high you will see that advancement trails it. But where the literacy level is low, you will see underdevelopment trailing it,” he said.

He commended Tinubu’s intervention in education through the establishment of Student Education Loan, which is helping fund the education of millions of students in the country.