Former Vice President and All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, said in Abuja Thursday that the northern part of the country has the highest rate of illiteracy rate in the country with 70 percent of its people lacking formal education.
Atiku, who spoke at a public presentation of a book “Re-thinking the Legal Framework for Rights of Women and Girl-Child in Nigeria”, written in honour of His wife, Hajiya Amina Titi Atiku Abubakar, also said that 38 percent of women in Nigeria lack formal education while only four percent of them have higher education.
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Obviously

No. The figure is about 95%.

He should ask himself

8 years as vice president, he was busy looting the unlootable.

No wonder people are converting to Boko Haram easily, since they lack basic education

And he built a university 80% of northers can not afford. Sharrrp Atiku

Who's to be blamed, because the north rule Nigeria more than any region in the country. And they also have some of the richest men in Nigeria.

Thanks to GEJ who has established over 100 modern schools for the almajaris to be educated. Who says GEJ is not transforming the country for better?

And what has he done to reduce the illiteracy level in the north?

At least GEJ is making an attempt at trying to solve the problem! Can anyone tell me what OBJ and Atiku did for 8 years to try and address this problem!

The Igbos that had a genocide committed against them, whose land was left devastated after the uncivil war, and who were socially and economically marginalized (all done in part or exclusively by these same northerners).......what advantages did Ndigbo have over these same northerners (since 1970) to the extent that the ongoing narrative has now been reversed and flipped on its head!? The only conclusion i can arrive at is that either karma is at work here, or the core muslim north are their worst enemy, and they need to be saved from themselves!

Chai! The man sabi lie ehn...it's more than 70...

I hope he is even heaping the blame on Jonathan.

No! Should have been 98%

The remaining 2% are the children of the past leaders and other rich men.