The Minister of Education has commended the Office of the Vice President, the Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience (OSPRE) and UNICEF for supporting the Child Foresight Analysis, describing the initiative as an important tool for moving Nigeria from reactive governance towards anticipatory action.
He said the Ministry would work to align the findings with NESRI, particularly in the areas of future literacy, long-term education planning, skills development, data systems and intergenerational equity.
Alausa said Nigeria now had an opportunity to shape the future it wants rather than simply wait for future challenges to emerge.
He urged stakeholders working on the foresight initiative to move beyond theoretical scenarios and connect their findings to the tangible reforms already underway in education and other sectors.
The Minister maintained that the most important measure of the country’s progress would ultimately be whether Nigerian children and young people receive better education, acquire relevant skills, find productive opportunities and are able to contribute meaningfully to national development.
He said the government’s responsibility was therefore to translate the country’s demographic strength into a national advantage through purposeful leadership, evidence-based planning and sustained investment in human capital.
“Nigeria has changed, and it has changed for good,” Alausa said.
The 2025 Nigeria 2050: Child Foresight Analysis for Futures Literacy and Intergenerational Equity is part of the Anticipatory Governance and Foresight Capacity Programme of the Office of the Vice President, supported technically by UNICEF. The initiative examines the risks, opportunities and drivers likely to shape the lives of Nigerian children aged 0 to 17 and young people aged 15 to 35 towards 2050, with the aim of strengthening futures literacy, anticipatory governance and intergenerational equity in national planning.
