Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP),
says sponsoring civil servants for studies in foreign varsities amounts to
misuse of public funds.
In a series of tweets on Thursday, Obi said it is a “misuse”
of taxpayers’ money for the government to sponsor public officials to foreign
universities while the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is on
strike.
Officials of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC)
had recently attended the advanced leadership programme of Judge Business
School (JBS) at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Also, Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of
representatives, was recently criticised by Nigerians for a recent post in
which he shared pictures of him taking a course at Harvard University.
According to Obi, if government employees must be sponsored
for studies with public funds, such training must take place in Nigeria.
“Our public universities have been shut since 14 February,
some five months and counting. Our students and future leaders are idling away
at homes or in some undesirable places, while our government is spending
millions in foreign currency, supposedly training public office holders in Ivy
League universities across the world,” he wrote.
“Such misplaced priorities and government misuse of public
funds is no longer acceptable, while the future of our youths are being
neglected.
“Through such policy
neglect, we are unwittingly breeding some societal misfits who will someday
embark on vendettas & take revenge on our society.
“As a matter as adaptive leadership, such trainings being
sponsored with public funds should stop forthwith, until all our schools start
functioning optimally.
“Meanwhile, such trainings if need be, must be mandated to
happen only within Nigeria.”
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— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) July 28, 2022
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