EDUCATION, CORRUPTION, RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND ISSUES OF SECURITY CHALLENGES IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA

Abstract

I wish to start by welcoming everyone to the 10th Annual National Conference of the School of Education, Federal College of Education Zaria. I felt highly honored when I received the letter of notification in which I was invited to give a keynote address at the conference which is the 10th in series. In fact this indicates that, the School of Education recognizes the importance of peer participation in the move to position itself among leading schools in this college. The theme of this year’s conference “Education, Corruption, Resource Utilization and Issues of Security Challenges in Contemporary Nigeria” could not have come at a better time than now the country is facing a coordinated fight against corruption by the Federal Government, the menace of insurgency from the Niger Delta region and Boko Haram from the North Eastern Nigerian