ABUJA – (Federal Ministry of Police Affairs Report) – The Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi has assured youths of the Government’s commitment to quality education and security which will engender peaceful environment, particularly at the Colleges of Education.
He made this statement while receiving the Executive members of the National Association of Nigerian Colleges of Education in his office on Monday, October 7, 2019. The Minister commended the zeal to learn and the peace in the Colleges of Education due to the able leadership of the President. He informed that teacher education is significant because teachers produce all class of professionals in the country.
While promising to honour their invitation on the forth coming seminar, he assured them that he is still part of the Association even though he has been called to serve as a Minister of the Federal Republic.
Speaking earlier, the President of the Association, Mammud Abubakar along with his team congratulated the Minister of Police Affairs on his appointment. He inferred that the Association is happy that the Minister is at a vantage position in government where he could help the students of the Colleges of Education, particularly in the area of security, since he was once their Board Chairman.
While corroborating the fact that the Nigeria Colleges of Education are the most progressive of all institutions in the country, he informed the Minister that there are 157 Colleges of Education nationwide, mainly in rural areas which require security going by the current security challenges in the country. He invited the presence of the Minister to speak at a seminar later in the year.