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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Does that include president Buhari

Does that include wombraiders,the guy no get sense at all

More like 54million mainly northerners are illiterate and i mean no insult here please, illiteracy up north is an acceptable choice to many hence their sheepherd mentality

is the dauradullard included?

Omololu007:
Does that include wombraiders,the guy no get sense at all

Look at the certified educated illiterate talking

More like 100 Million

Even those ones who claim to be Educated and Internet savvy are still illiterates

You see them everyday on NL

DaBullIT:
More like 100 Million

Even those ones who claim to be Educated and Internet savvy are still illiterates

You see them everyday on NL

You sef dey talk?

Make use of that mirror first

my aboki brothers from the north would by 90%

WombRaiders:

Look at the certified educated illiterate talking

you don take am personal

WombRaiders:




You sef dey talk?

Make use of that mirror first

For your mind , that mirror go reflect your image ? YouR lITERACY na PH.z

This is why we vote for Change. Give us qualitative education.

myqel:
Does that include president Buhari

you mean the body language president? Forget, his body language will automatically make them illiterate.

orunto27:
This is why we vote for Change. Give us qualitative education.

A man without ceritifcate will give you quality education?


A man that carved out a country called West Germany from Germany and nominated Obama's wife Michele to be the new president will give you quality education?


A disaster in the making ll give you educAtion


Oniranu

The NW and NE should take 96% of that number

We expect NASS to give meanings to all meaning less Bills. This is Democracy.

Ok