The Committee, which is made up of several members of the House, is headed by former Speaker, Taraba State House of Assembly and Member representing Takum/Ussa/Donga Federal Constituency, Mark Bako Useni.
The House of Representatives has inaugurated a committee to tackle the rot in basic education, saying the sustainable development goals of the United Nations were part of the legislative agenda of the 10th National Assembly.
The Committee, which is made up of several members of the House, is headed by former Speaker, Taraba State House of Assembly and Member representing Takum/Ussa/Donga Federal Constituency, Mark Bako Useni.
Useni, while speaking at the inaugural meeting on Tuesday, charged committee members and the National Assembly bureaucracy, urged his members to step up activities in achieving the legislative agenda of the house.
He said, "We have a very big task ahead of us as members of this committee. I want to urge us to be very committed, to be deep in our thoughts to make sure that we bring the system out of the woods.
"This we can do by bringing about effective legislative framework that will help to save the situation of basic education in Nigeria.
"You are also aware that, part of the legislative agenda of the 10th Assembly is to make sure that at the end of the day, basic education achieves a greater feat beyond where we are today.
"I want to therefore call on you, my colleagues on this committee, to make sure that we work assiduously to change the situation for the better. As your chairman, I want to assure that mine would be a collegial approach. Together, we will put on our thinking caps to make sure that we bring new ideas that will help the situation.
"On this note, I want to also encourage the Secretariat of this committee to be up and doing in availing members with very effective tools that can be deployed in making our legislative business in this committee a success".
Meanwhile, other members who took turn to speak alluded to the fact that the future of basic education in Nigeria depended on the quality of legislative works of the committee, while pledging their commitment to assist the country reposition the education sector, in competitive par with other countries.