The number of illiterate Nigerians is estimated at 54 million, out of the estimated population of 180 million people, the federal government revealed on Tuesday.

The Acting Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Hindatu Abdullahi, presented the figures at the flag-off of the 2015 International Literacy Day celebration, and called for concerted efforts to improve the negative trend.

Recently, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) announced that over 757 million adults worldwide still lacked basic literacy skills, with about two-third of them being women, mostly from Nigeria and other third-world countries.

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54 ke? that's quite low considering the amount of educated illiterates we have online here and on social media generally
I'll say 102 million

they all have access to the internet....

I believe out of a population of 200million, 170 million are illiterates, 20million are semi-literates, 7million are educated-illiterates & the remaining are literates.

Students are graduating every year but no jobs. Many have graduated many years ago still no job. How those this particular thread helps the situation.