The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has presented the award of the ‘2019 Best Performing Governor’ on the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
The governor had earlier been nominated for the award through a letter signed by the Secretary-General of the Union, Mike Ike Ene, based on his achievements in the education sector within the three years of his administration in the state.
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The award was presented to the governor by the Minister of State for Education, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, who urged Obaseki to continue with the good work of repositioning education in the state.
Speaking to journalists after receiving the award, Obaseki said that winning the award has shown the state has made education a priority over stomach infrastructure.
“What this award means is that the nation should know that we are prioritising education as a party. Education is one of the cardinal points in the APC manifesto. The country should know that what is important today is mental infrastructure. We are pursuing intellectual infrastructure, not stomach infrastructure.”
He said: “It is intellectual infrastructure that will build stomach infrastructure. So that is the direction we must go by emphasising development of human capacity.”
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