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Abstract
Education, particularly adult education, as a tool for development is globally acknowledged. In Nigeria, education as a tool for national development is reflected in the national policy of education. This policy also sets five objectives of adult education which it considers as the necessary kinds of change required in individual adults that will also translate into national development. This paper therefore examined the link between adult education and national development with emphasis on Nigeria. The paper observes however that adult education have failed to achieve its objectives due to some major problems it faces. They revolve around five key stakeholders, namely: the adult learners; the adult populace; the adult instructors; policy makers/adult education planners, and; the government at three levels (local, state and federal). These problems are identified and discussed vis-a-vis the "Change begins with me" maxim of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration launched recently. The paper proffers solution to each of the problems identified by arguing that unless the key stakeholders aforementioned change in line with the "Change begins with me" maxim, the problems adult education is facing in Nigeria can hardly, if ever, be addressed adequately. Adult education as a tool for national development would therefore remain only in our imaginations.