Nigeria’s new Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, must already know his most important tasks and how they will test his political leadership skill.
Mr Mamman, a professor and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was among the 45 ministers that President Bola Tinubu swore in on Monday.
Mr Mamman will be assisted in the ministry by the Minister of State, Yusuf Sununu.
As both men resume work, events of the past few years have laid down some of their most pressing responsibilities.
From deteriorating facilities in schools, the wave of brain drain in tertiary institutions, poor welfare conditions of teachers and students, as well as formulating and overseeing the implementation of important education policies, the ministers will have a little time before the existing calm turns into a storm should they not ‘hit the ground running’.
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