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The former World Bank Vice President for Africa, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, on Wednesday said focus on early child education would help the development of young generation in Nigeria.

Ezekwesili made the observation in a keynote address at the ongoing 20th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja.

The theme of this year’s summit is “Transforming Education through Partnerships for Global Competitiveness”.

The former World Bank vice president called for permanent structural change that would enhance the quality of education and develop skills in Nigerian children.

She said that Nigeria had a lot to do to catch up and meet up globally.

“That catching may be difficult except if it is strategic, the fastest way to do the catching up now is to make early child care education, put it on the front burner of the education system.

“Countries like Finland had shown clearly that countries that emphasised early child care education and expand access to both the poor and the rich alike make huge success’” she said.

According to her, country that bridges the inequality down and begin the process of getting the child before they go bad also achieve positi……………. continues on AllAfrica.com