Nigeria, Dec. 2 -- President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Daura, Katsina State, said Nigeria's socio-economic and political salvation will come from education, urging citizens to embrace learning as a way of life while the government will do its best to provide access.

The president, who was honoured in his country home, Daura, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of Community Secondary School, Daura, said he became an orphan at a young age, but his nine years in boarding school and joining the army shaped his life.

The president and five others founded the Community Secondary School as community service.

"I spent nine years in the boarding school where the teachers showered us with love, care and total commitment. They...