Tag: illiteracy
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Towards the Federal Republic of Illiteracy – By Owei Lakemfa
EDUCATION Minister, Adamu Adamu, after presiding over the N5.6 trillion Education Budget in the last seven years and the N1.3 trillion intervention fund in four years, announced he has failed. It is not that as Education Minister, he has failed to preside over spending about N7 trillion in seven years, but, has failed to deliver…
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Poverty, illiteracy responsible for insurgency in Nigeria – Borno State Governor
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has identified poverty and illiteracy as some of the factors responsible for insurgency in the country. Zulum stated this on Friday, in Abuja, at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Nasarawa State Government and Flour Mills Nigeria (FMN). The MoU by the two parties was…
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‘Rate of illiteracy in Nigeria is alarming,’ says education minister
The Federal Government, on Thursday, described the rate of illiteracy in the country as alarming. The Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu, made the remark when he paid a courtesy call on Gov. Alhaji Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. The minister and the delegates were in the state for a…