Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, says the country’s security challenges are a consequence of the 1975 coup d’état.

The coup, which took place on July 29, 1975, overthrew Yakubu Gowon and brought Murtala Muhammed to power.

Speaking during a Channels TV programme on Monday, the minister said the lead discussant at the town-hall meeting on national security organised by the federal government narrated how the Gowon government was planning to ensure free and compulsory primary education for children of school age.

According to him, the decision was arrived at then, as part of efforts to avoid another civil war in the country.

Mohammed said; “The fact is that in 1973, we were informed by the lead discussant and that the government of the day then had a retreat and said there must be a national pledge that what is that thing that we must do to ensure that we did not go through another civil war.

The government of that day came out with a decision that what will prevent another civil war is to ensure that anybody born after January 1970 has free and compulsory primary education.

“Regrettably that administration was overthrown two years later and all the lofty ideas and all the preparations that were needed to ensure that every child of school age acquired free and compulsory education were jettisoned.

“And we are paying the price today because if you have 13.2 million children of school-age out of school that is the market which Boko Haram, bandits, IPOB and other militants, that is the market where they recruit people.”

The minister said it was consequently resolved at the town-hall meeting that all three levels of government “must ensure that we go back to that and ensure at least free primary education for the first nine years for each child”.

https://www.correctng.com/insecurity-were-suffering-consequences-of-1975-coup-lai-mohammed/

Please sir, shut up

So it is coup that told you people to stole money and underdevelop your country, useless men in power...

Lai, this one has started blaming 1975

will the there ever be security when we have people like buhari and pantumi who are always happy when unbeliever and other ethics group are been killed.

No be only that one oo. But you seem to have a point.

Besides if that overthrown government had that brilliant idea, why did the subsequent ones not take it up or implement it?


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Lai Mohammed is sick.

Lai's greatest hit so far. He's always beating his own record

No b pdp,GEJ,opposition parties or endsars protesters again? Dem don dey run out of who to blame.

Minister of misinformation

Since you claimed to have known the causes of the present problem, as a key member of this administration, what is the solution?