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He pointed out that there was nothing big about funding the universities.
“There is nothing big about funding the universities. Funding a university is the collaboration of everybody. Education is not an expense but an investment. We’ll make sure that nothing stops education,” he said.
To encourage university education, Obi said students could be given loans to study and repay the loans after graduation.
“We shall give students loans which they will pay when they get jobs,” the former governor said.
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He said that there was nowhere in the world where university teachers are being toyed with, adding that they should be motivated to work to improve their industry.
On security, Obi said for there to be effective security, a security outfit should be set up in every community.
He, however, said that insecurity was not peculiar to Nigeria because some nations of the world like Mexico and Brazil were once imbued in situations akin to what is being witnessed in Nigeria today.
He pointed out that good governance, provision of jobs to the youths and industrialisation would check insecurity in Nigeria.
