Ekiti State
Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has commended the federal government and the All
Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for
aligning
with his position on the need to reintroduce History in the school
curriculum.Governor Fayose, had early September, directed that History be
reintroduced in schools in Ekiti State, noting that;
“Ekiti people
must learn from past events to have a better future.” Last week Thursday, the
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, while declaring open, the ministerial
session of the 61st National Council on Education (NCE), in Abuja, called for
disarticulation of
Social Studies
and reintroduction of History as a subject in the current Basic Education
curriculum, adding that there was the urgent need to give the Nigerian children
character.
Also
yesterday, Tinubu, made a strong case for the return of History as a subject in
the country’s school curriculum, saying any nation which forgets its past has
lost a beacon to guide its actions. He said this in a short remark after
reviewing the book, entitled Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in
Nigeria, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
In his reaction,
Governor Fayose, who spoke through his Special Assistant on Public
Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said he was happy that those
holding power in Abuja listened to what he said on September 2, 2016 on the
need to reintroduce History in our schools.
He described
the removal of History as a subject from the current Education curriculum as a
mistake that should be corrected without further delay.
“I have
consistently maintained that democracy is about those in power listening to the
people because the power of the people is greater than the power of those in
power and I am glad that on this one, they listened.
“The reality
we must all face is that no society can progress without reference to its
pasts, and one of the reasons our value system has been so bastardised is that
we no longer talk about our past. We no longer tell our children what our past
leaders did either wrongly or rightly.”
Speaking
further, Governor Fayose said;
“When we were
growing up, we were made to read about great leaders of our nation like Obafemi
Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Tafawa Balewa, Ahmadu Bello, Aminu Kano, King Jaja of
Opobo and so on. We read what made them great and that shaped our lives.”
While
admonishing those holding power at the federal level to listen more to the
opposition, Governor Fayose said;
“When we
speak, the impression should not always be that we hate President Mohammadu
Buhari and his government. Rather, it should be about how beneficial
is what we say
to the country.”
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