A former Lawmaker, Sen. Nkechi Nwaogu, has called for the implementation of laws that would enhance country’s economic growth and development.

Nwaogu made the call while addressing newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, at the Second National Convention of Immaculate Heart Old Girls Association, Abia (IMMAHACO).

Nwaogu said that non-implementation of legislations had impeded the country’s development and progress on many fronts.

The former lawmaker said that the country had good laws, especially in the education sector that, if well implemented, could transform the sector.

While stating that legislation was a continuous process, she appealed to lawmakers to amend obsolete laws to meet the current demands of Nigerians.

“The legislations are there; we only lack implementation. The present administration is doing well; we now have the school feeding programme that we never had before; people could not come to school because they could not feed.

“Legislation is a continuous process; members of the National Assembly should amend obsolete laws,” the former lawmaker said.

Nwaogu urged well-meaning Nigerians to always remember their Alma mater, saying that the responsibility of reviving the education sector should not be left for government alone.

She called for voluntary donations and contributions to the development of schools from well-to-do ex-students, saying that this would contribute to nation building.

Earlier, Dr Lilian Oguguo, the Abuja chapter President of IMMAHACO, said the alumni had budgeted N450 million to build a befitting refectory for the school.

She expressed concern that the school was full of dilapidated structures and that some parts had been overgrown with weeds, adding that it was also not funded by government.

“We want to appeal to well-meaning Nigerians to help us revive the school because if we do not invest in our children it would be ‘garbage in and garbage out’.

“Already, we have a budget of N450 million to build a good refectory for the school; there are so many structures that are bad but the project we are embarking on now is the refectory,” she said.

Oguguo said that the alumni intended to address the structural challenges one at a time, saying that it was not an issue of calling billions of Naira that it would not be able to realise. (NAN)

– June 30, 2018 @ 18:45 GMT |