The importance of education and healthcare to the growth and development of society cannot be overemphasized.

Development science has it that any country that is desirous of development and progress, must pay attention to education, health, agriculture and infrastructure. The importance of these four areas have also been reinforced by an array of international conventions and protocols including the sustainable development goals.  Years after the adoption of the sustainable Development Goals and the promise to provide universal primary and secondary education by the governments across the World, little progress has been made to reducing the global number of out-of-school children, adolescents and youth. UNESCO Institute for Statistic 2018 data puts the number of out of school children, adolescents and youth worldwide at 263 Million.

As it is in education, so it is also in the area of health. A good healthcare system is fundamental for citizen’s productivity and growth of the nation’s economy. The International Conference on Primary Health Care, meeting in Alma-Ata 1978, reaffirm that health, which is state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, is a fundamental human right and that the attainment of the highest possible level of health is a most important world-wide social goal. Primary health care is critical to attaining this target. The 2006 African union Abuja call for accelerated action, placed emphasis on the importance of investing in PHC for health. But despite these efforts, the tale of Nigeria primary  healthcare has remained undesirable.

It is to change this narrative and respond appropriately to the issues and have educational and healthcare system that is functional that Great Thinkers Educational Empowerment Initiative (GTEEI) is established. The organization is an autonomous grassroots, not for profit, Non-Governmental organization founded in 2016 by Dr. Ernest A. Amama and some persons with passion for the uplift of education status of the less privileged and providing strategic opportunity for the achievement of positive educational and Health outcomes.