The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has said that the activities of insurgents in the North-East could have been averted if the people the region had received quality education prior to now.
Speaking during his investiture as the Grand Patron of the Ex-Junior Airmen/Air women Association- Air Force Military School, Jos Alumni in Abuja, Abubakar stressed that if people in the area were educated, it would have become difficult to mobilise them for violence.
Abubakar said, “Why we are doing so much in education is because we understand the relationship between illiteracy and insecurity. If you are able to give people what they require in terms of education, chances are that they are not likely to be mobilised for violence.
“That is why the focus is in as much as we are developing the capacity, but it is also impacting positively in our constitutional role, because we believe if you have an educated society some of the things that are happening in the North-east I don’t think will happen at all. The best thing is to give the children the opportunity to live their dreams and become good citizens.
“That is what education is all about, it is about adding value to the society. I am so excited that what the NAF has out in place so many years back is bringing out men and women of integrity, people who are contributing to the society.”
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