{"id":27831,"date":"2018-10-31T13:03:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T12:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=27831"},"modified":"2018-10-31T13:03:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T12:03:44","slug":"osinbajo-education-key-to-extreme-poverty-eradication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/osinbajo-education-key-to-extreme-poverty-eradication\/","title":{"rendered":"Osinbajo: Education Key To Extreme Poverty Eradication"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14727\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14728\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14729\">The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, said that quality education was key to reducing extreme poverty in the country.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14730\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14731\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14733\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14734\">Speaking at the 60th anniversary of Grange School in Ikeja, Lagos, the vice president said that education reduces inequality in the society and had a connection with a growing environment.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14735\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14736\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14738\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14739\">\u201cEducation erases poverty by almost 60 percent in a community. Education also increases earnings by 10 percent.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14740\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14741\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14743\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14744\">\u201cEducation reduces nation\u2019s inequality. Education makes you have fewer children, that\u2019s lesser population which makes it easy to manage and plan the economy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14745\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14746\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14748\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14749\">\u201cTo eradicate poverty, we equip the young people with education. This is to develop the kind of people to take on the challenges of the 21st century,\u201d Osinbajo said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14750\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14751\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14753\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14754\">According to the vice president, the country has about nine million out of school children, most of them in the poorest parts of the country.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14755\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14756\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14758\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14759\">He said that the federal government has embarked on a programme to increase enrollment in schools and reduce cases of out of school children.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14760\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14761\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14763\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14764\">Osinbajo said the government would also expand it\u2019s school feeding programme to more schools, adding that feeding increases learning ability.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14765\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14766\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14768\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14769\">\u201cThe question is for whom do we plan. It is for the Nigerian child as every child counts. We are dedicated to reaching every child especially the out of school children.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14770\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14771\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14773\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14774\">\u201cWe need to educate the Nigerian Child regardless of where they are from because the whole work of changing the educational phase in Nigeria is an ongoing one,\u201d Osinbajo said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14775\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14776\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14778\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14779\">The Headmaster of the school, Mr. Guy Cassarchis, in his remarks, said every school had its history adding that Grange School understood the importance of quality education.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14780\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14781\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14783\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14784\">He said that students of Grange School were taught to be role models and mentors who would be capable of facing whatever challenge after school.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14785\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14786\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14788\"><span id=\"m_4083764765540774449yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540954075737_14789\">Earlier, Mr Dayo Lawuyi, Chairman of the school governing board, said that the school owed its impressive academic accomplishment to its dedicated teachers, intelligent students and adequate support of stakeholders.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, said that quality education was key to reducing extreme poverty in the country. 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