His Excellency, Peter Gregory Onwubuasi Obi has continued to ignore the recent distractions using Doyin Okupe as he continues to attend to numerous invitations from well meaning Nigerians that know and acknowledge his wealth of knowledge and leadership capacity..
He wrote below :
“Today, I honored the invitation to attend the First International Conference of Peaceland University, Enugu, with the theme – ‘Digitalisation in Education, Staying Ahead of The Curve.’
It was for me, as usual, an opportunity to interact with the students and encourage them on their educational journey.
I was particularly thrilled to learn that the University was founded and funded by a Swiss woman – Mama Pia, who during her visit to Enugu, Nigeria, saw the need to contribute to Nigeria’s development by pulling people out of poverty through investment in education.
This led her to donate all of her life earnings to that cause.
Her story corroborates my ever-consistent position on the critical role of education in national development and why governments should prioritize investment in education for national development.
In my comments on the theme, I explained that in today’s fast-paced world, where changes in technology are happening so fast, we need to ensure that our education system is continually adapted to these growing changes in the digital space for learning to remain productive.
To stay ahead of the curve, we must embrace innovative technologies and strategies in our education system.
Many global institutions of learning are getting digitalized to enable them to offer more flexible learning opportunities to students.
For example, the biggest university in the world today, by student enrollment is Indira Gandhi National Open University, India. It boasts about 7 million students. But the remarkable thing about it is that it delivers distance learning to millions of students through digital technology.
Digitalization in education will, no doubt, offer increased access to education, by breaking physical barriers and ensuring greater access to education.
It is also cost-effective, in that it will reduce the overwhelming cost of physical infrastructure associated with educational investments.
If we invest aggressively in education, we will raise responsible citizens of society who will contribute productively to our national development.
A New more enlightened Nigeria through increased and improved education remains POssible! -PO”
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