The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, has urged stakeholders in the Nigerian education system to consider making history a compulsory subject in the academic curricular.
According to a press release signed by Madumere’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Uche Onwuchekwa, the Deputy Governor made the appeal during the opening ceremony of the 6th South East Regional Conference of the Historical Society of Nigeria.
The conference was with the theme: “Historicizing Population Census in Nigeria: Issues and Challenges.”
It was held at the main auditorium of the Imo State University in Owerri, Imo State.
Prince Madumere further averred that history is the source through which generational leaders are equipped for effective decisions and policy making.
Speaking on the theme of the conference, the number two citizen of Imo State commended the leadership of the Historical Society of Nigeria for choosing to inquire into the shortcomings and challenges of the last head counts in Nigeria with a view to proffering solutions towards a more accurate and satisfactory census.
He said the discourse will even be more useful since the National Population Commission was dusting its files towards conducting another census for the country.
He further emphasized on the importance of census in planning and national development.
In this regard, Madumere said: “The theme is very apt and cannot be appreciated at a more expedient time than now.”
Madumere however used the opportunity to enumerate some of the achievements of the Governor Rochas Okorocha-led Rescue Mission Government, especially in the area of free education from primary to tertiary level, of which the Imo State University is one.
The occasioned witnessed the presence of the Vice Chancellor of Imo State University, Prof. Adaobi Obasi; the President of the Historical Society of Nigeria, Prof. Christopher Ogbogbo; the Vice President of the Historical Society of Nigeria, South East, Prof. Egondu Uchendu; the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, Prof. Nwadike J, who is also the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Imo State University.
Highpoint of the event was a mind blowing drama by the undergraduates of Imo State University, bringing to reality how Europeans subjugated the African continent through slavery and colonization.
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