The paper examined the fact that all over the world, countries develop in accordance with the quality of education. That is the quality education in any country depended largely on the extent to which its challenges were addressed. The paper explored some of the possible challenges impending the realization of quality education in Nigeria such as quality teachers, learners and environment, arguing that access to quality education definitely would ensure societal balance, promote accountability, stability and prevent resorting to anarchy. In this paper concept like quality education and national development were conceptualized. By way of recommendations, the paper took the position among others that quality teachers in terms of training and re-training as well as adequate unavoidability infrastructural facilities should be provided for the development of the individual and society.