It has been the same tautology. Personally, as human beings when you are assessing you have to look at many factors, but a lot of billions that are allocated to the education industry sincerely has not been justify, we want Nigerians to ask questions. January is coming now Mr. President will go on air bto say for education I spend this and that. People should ask questions at the end of the year to justify the so-called allocation to that sector. If you said you want to spend N20 million, Nigerians should ask question by December, that you tell us how you have spent the N20 million meant for education. We have equally canvassed that the idea of staying in the office and saying you allocate should be stopped. When you allocate, allocate to schools, let the head of schools spend this money. Then go out to ask question to see whether there will be a change or otherwise. So far it has been fair, but that money has not been justified. Another thing, it is not good for one to pass out only to find no job to do. That calls for another curriculum to be revealed, the curriculum of education to face the demands of the moment. People now say computer, computer, computer; charity must begin at home. Students must begin to learn about computer right from age three, not what is happening where people will just be looking at computer in the picture, it should be skill acquisition. And education should be tailored towards creating job opportunity, not people passing out and start looking for jobs. We need to re orientate ourselves and redefine our curriculum to suit the demand of now.

The answer is yes and no. If you consider the magnitude of work we do, every teachers is expecting 100 percent salary increase, but we might not get at every point in term of what we wanted but if we consider the fact that when people went on strike, suffered and at the end of the day they are not coming back home empty handed. At least, with 27.5 percent increase in their salary, it is a good story to tell. At least we just need to start from somewhere. So far that we are starting from somewhere, all other professionals equally started from somewhere. The nursing started from 15 percent, so if Nigerian teachers in the primary, secondary and tertiary institutions are starting from somewhere, I think it is a worthwhile venture.

We don't have discrimination between the HND and the B.A. and Bsc. holders, we only have discrimination between graduate teachers, Bsc. and HND teachers. Let me equally say this, the government of Lagos State has taken many steps to even advise the head of service of the Federation on this subject matter. During the Obasanjo regime he said the HND graduates and university graduates should be at the same salary grade level in the civil service. Papers reported it, but that is different from establishment, any pronouncement must be backed up with a circular. As I am talking to you right now there is no circular to that effect and all the HND people that are in school they felt fulfilled with the pronouncement of Obasanjo, because whenever Commander-in-Chief speaks it is law binding in all the states of the Federation, but there was that lacuna, lack of an enabling paper and it will not be seen as a political statement. So when HND teachers in Lagos State came to complain, we took it upon ourselves, we met with the governor, the governor now refer us to the establishment. The permanent secretary of staff was mandated to go to Kano and Abuja to work on these things. So very soon in fact the HND teachers are here last week I think. I want to assure you that I have spoken with the PS and all the relevant people very soon their matter will be addressed. Those that I am referring to are those that have HND and post graduate diploma in education teaching now. If they are only HND there might not be way because you must first of all qualify to be a teacher before you request for benefit from teachers. The government of this state is working assiduously to ensure that the problems facing HND/ post graduate diploma in education. Teachers in Lagos State has resolved once and for all, many of them now are on level 14 whereas their counterparts are going to level 16 and 17. So they feel bad, they are not always happy. But we have been pacifying them that it was true Obasanjo maintained it, but it was not backed up with any circular. But if it were in a correct line immediately Mr. President speaks and that thing boarders on welfare of members of staff it is the duty of the head of service to now, through a memo, ask Mr. President to direct them to produce a circular so that it becomes binding in the entire