President Buhari yesterday presented the 2016 Budget to the National Assembly and Nigerians
at at large.
According to the president, the proposed budget which amounts to N6.08 trillion will help
revive the economy.
While elaborating on how the 2016 budget will impact the different sectors, the president
mentioned some of the plans for the education sector to include feeding of public primary
school pupils and free education for science, technology and education students in our tertiary
institutions.
He also said that the the Federal Government will collaborate with with states and local
governments to tackle the “chronic shortage’’ of teachers in public schools across the country
by recruiting, training and deploying 500,000 unemployed graduates and NCE holders to
strengthen basic education, especially in rural areas.