I am a strong believer that all the children in our community are special and have something to offer; and the means to discover their talents is through education. Education provides us with knowledge about the world. Education helps create a clear picture of things around and kindles the flame of curiosity. Education helps awaken the abilities to question and to reason. Education cultivates us into mature individuals; individuals capable of planning for the future and taking the right decisions in life. Education gives us an insight into living and teaches us to learn from experience. It makes us self-confident, and develops our abilities to think, analyze, and judge. It forms a support system for one to excel in life. Education is the backbone of society.

God created the universe with abundance of natural resources and created man in His own image and told man to have dominion over His creation. Paradoxically, God did not make a house or even a chair for man because it is our responsibility to turn trees into chairs and buildings. As I travel around the world and see other places, I know that our country Nigeria is particularly blessed with an abundance of natural resources – much more than many countries I have visited. The point I want to draw here is that natural resources are passive factors of production; human beings are the active agents who exploit natural resources, build social, economic, and political organization, and carry forward national development. I am a strong believer that the most import task we have in our community in Nigeria today is to develop the skills and knowledge of our young people through education that can be utilized in the development of our community and our nation at large