President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education to convene a ministerial summit on education.

The President gave the directive on Saturday in Ilorin, in his address at the 33rd Convocation of the University of Ilorin.

He was represented by Prof. Abubakar Abdulrasheed, the Executive Secretary of the National University Commission.

He said the summit will tackle the major problem facing the education sector.

“My government will not allow the country to miss the globally agreed Sustainable Development Goals train, the driving force of which is education.

“Any success recorded in education will have a ripple effect on every other sector of our life,” he said.

He added, “Those who fan embers of division must refrain from the unacceptable tendencies; retrace their steps and learn to live together with one another”.

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