 The senior staff union of Colleges of Education Nigeria says the continuous neglect of colleges by the government portends grip dangers to teachers' education in the country. National president of the union, Danladi Shaliza, during the third national delegate conference in Abuja, lamented the government's failure to honor the agreement with the union and the non-implementation of the 65-year retirement age for teachers in state-owned colleges of education. Ms. Liza also says insecurity, exclusion of non-teaching staff for training, non-payment of the backlog of salaries and promotion arrears in state-owned colleges of education, among other issues, are being faced by members. Unfortunately, both the legislative and executive arms of governments at federal and state levels view teacher education in Nigeria as an option, not a priority. Hence, pay less attention to critical areas that affect teacher education. But for us, the growth and development of teacher education remains non-negotiable, as it is the back-bedrock of development in our beloved country, Nigeria. We therefore call on governments to have a rethink on the kind of attention it pays to the foundation of teachers, which is colleges of education. Otherwise, even the universities won't get it right if the foundation is faulty. In many climes, their budgets are actually dedicated to the education sector, because the innovation and the research coming in from our institutions, including building capacity, must be driven by the education sector. But, you see, in our own climes, the priority is not about education. And therefore, I want to converse and reiterate that as part of the priority of NLC and the working class, we will continue to advocate that we must budget properly for education. Our schools must be of standard. We cannot compete globally if we have colleges of education that are comparable with possibly primary schools as we are on the wall.