Use Recovered Money For Free Education, German Consul-General Tells FG

With Nigerian leaders merely occupying space and not knowing what to do, the German Consul-General in Lagos, Ingo Herbert yesterday asked Nigerian leaders to use recovered stolen money to fund tuition-free education to University level as a way of intensifying efforts in equipping the teeming youths with quality education, NAN reports.

He made the call at the official launch of an NGO called SJJ Education in Lagos. SJJ Education is a German Education NGO for international students. The envoy explained that for any country to attain accelerated development and growth, it must invest massively in the education of its citizens.
He said that “education is a critical and potent weapon in the empowerment of any individual.

“In October 2014 for example, the German Government took the step to completely scrap tuition fees in all public universities which allowed international students to study in universities free.

“With this arrangement, we had in 2014, about 2.7 million university students studying free with about 300,000 of them foreigners. “This German policy on education, particularly the higher education, is made free for everyone, irrespective of nationality.”

The Chairman of SJJ Education, Saturday Jackson, said that the purpose of the launch is to create more awareness on its activities. Jackson said that the NGO, formed in 2012, had so far assisted 200 Nigerian students to travel to Germany to further their education.

According to him: “Our job basically is to package all the education needs and travel requirements for students who genuinely show interest in studying in Germany.

“We serve as a bridge between German universities and students in Nigeria by screening and vetting these candidates for these universities.

“As Germany opens up to international students, many of her institutions now offer courses and programmes entirely in English language.

“This means Nigerian students can take up Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees, as well as PhDs and Research Fellowships without a prior study on German language.”