The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has reportedly said that there are 60 million illiterate youths and adults in Nigeria.

The minister, represented by the Deputy Director, Basic and Secondary Education, Ministry of Education, Prinzo James made this remark at the 2018 International Literacy Day Celebration.

60 per cent of the population according to the Minister are females while a total of 11 million children were out of school, Daily Trust report.

Adamu said, ‘‘with these unwholesome statistics in our hands, it becomes evident that concerted efforts are required in order to accelerate the...

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