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.”
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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