Insecurity: Don advocates compulsory teaching of geography from primary school
A university don, Prof Adesola Ogidiolu, yesterday implored policy makers to make teaching of geography from primary school to the university level. He said doing so will enable more Nigerians
A university don, Prof Adesola Ogidiolu, yesterday implored policy makers to make teaching of geography from primary school to the university level.
He said doing so will enable more Nigerians to have better understanding and knowledge of forests in the country and assist in tackling insecurity.
Ogidiolu gave the advice while delivering the18th inaugural lecture of the Prince Abubakar Audu University, Ayingba.
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The lecture was titled, “Geographers in the forest: Issues, concerns and tasks.”
Ogidiolu said the various research he carried out on Nigeria forests have shown that Nigerians were ignorant of various advantages that forests offer, the development, which he maintained, made them (Nigerians) not to give attention to the forests.
He explained that Nigerians hardly paid attention to the forests until insecurity in the country.
His words:”Therefore, for sustainable and pragmatic management of natural resources especially forest, it is recommended that geographers and hence geography as a discipline be given greater recognition and attention by educational policy makers through making geography a core and mandatory subject in our early educational levels of training particularly primary, junior and senior secondary schools in Nigeria.”
The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Salisu Ogbo, said the institution would increase the numbers of inaugural lectures as its own contribution to offering suggestions to challenges being faced in the country.
Ogbo declared: “In line with this commitment, the Senate at its meeting on March 25, 2026 approved a comprehensive schedule for inaugural lecture series beginning with this 18th series to the 30th series which will be delivered on October 5, 2027.
“With that approval,13 more Inaugural lectures will be delivered within two years of our administration to move the number to 30 against the 17 in the series which began under the administration of the second Vice Chancellor, Prof Francis Idachaba, of blessed memory on August 26, 2008.”
