The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni has attributed Africa’s underdevelopment to poor education which has over the years robbed the continent of quality and skilled human resources.
President Museveni said human resources are critical to the development of any nation adding that a literate but unskilled human capital is a partial achievement.
The Ugandan president was addressing what he termed strategic bottlenecks in Africa’s progress among which he listed as infrastructural development and private sector involvement.
President Museveni,who was speaking at the 2013 convocation lecture for the Nigeria Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), in his lecture examined issues surrounding education and national development.
He also highlighted the incessant crises that have become the aftermath of sectarianism. A matter he said has rubbed many African countries, including Nigeria of peace, adequate national planning and wholesome development while countries like China and Japan continue to thrive upon the same resources.
The Ugandan president who has ruled his country for over two decades also said cheap electricity is sine qua non with economic growth and development.
This, he said, is one infrastructure that Africa must get right so that its skilled human resource will thrive beyond limits.
