Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has called on the public to collaborate with the government in investing in the funding of education in order for Namibia to reach its economic potential and achieve sustainable growth.

Addressing attendees at the high-level tertiary education funding budget review dinner on Thursday, Kuugongelwa-Amadhila acknowledged the government’s limitations in the level of funding required by the education sector.

Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Amadhila has emphasised the importance of Africans taking responsibility for the custodianship and management of their mineral resources.

She delivered these remarks during the official opening of the Colloquium of African Geology in Windhoek.

Prime Minister Amadhila's statement aligns with Africa's ambitions to position itself as a global economic powerhouse, as outlined in the AU Agenda 2063.

The Education Director in the Omusati Region, Benny Eiseb, is concerned about water shortages being experienced at a number of schools in the region.

Eiseb informed the Prime Minister, who was in the region to assess service delivery, that 40 schools in the region were facing water shortages.

Some schools are sharing water from community boreholes with schools that have no source of water. However, the tires of the car, which the directorate uses to take water to schools, are worn out.

Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Amadhila is in the Ohangwena Region to assess the delivery of public services to the community.

In Eenhana, she was briefed about water shortages in some villages in the region, as well as matters relating to sanitation, education, health, information and communication technology, and poor road infrastructure.

Discussions centred around the provision of water to villages with serious shortages.