₦airaland Forum

shortgun:
https://www.nairaland.com/8449241/nigerian-govt-disowns-textbooks-alleging#135722755

A group of mischievous individuals with sinister motives concocted a supposed book to pit ethnic groups against each other in Nigeria.
Surprisingly, the Federal Ministry of Education chose to amplify and escalte their mischief by issuing a national press release — without considering the potential harm this escalation could cause to the unity and stability of the Nigerian state. 🫤
It’s deeply troubling that a book which ought to be dismissed as pure hogwash and the handiwork of mischief makers is instead receiving serious attention from a federal institution that ought to act more responsibly.

🔥Here are the reasons the Said book is fake and fictitious.
In Nigeria, for a book to become official—particularly in the sense of being accepted for use in schools or public institutions—it must meet certain regulatory, legal, and educational criteria



1. Verifiable Authors: There are no Known authors with the Names Ijeoma Duru and Tony Duru

2. ISBN Registration
The book must have a valid International Standard Book Number (ISBN).
ISBNs are issued by the National Library of Nigeria (NLN).
The said book doesn't have ISBN Registration number.

3. Copyright Registration.
The book must be copyrighted through the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC).
This protects the intellectual property rights of the author and confirms legal ownership.
A certificate is issued upon successful registration.

4. National Library Legal Deposit.
Copies of the published book must be deposited at the National Library of Nigeria, as required by the Legal Deposit Act.
This ensures the preservation of the nation’s literary and intellectual heritage.
No copies of such book were accepted in any library anywhere in the country.

5. Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) Approval (for textbooks)
Since the book is intended for use in schools (primary, secondary), it must be vetted and approved by NERDC.
The book must align with the National Curriculum.
NERDC conducts quality checks for:
🔥Content relevance
🔥Accuracy
🔥Language use
🔥Cultural appropriateness
Approval by NERDC leads to inclusion in the National Book List.
How and when was the book given approval by the NERDC?

6. State Ministry of Education Approval (for school textbooks)
Many states require separate approval from their State Ministry of Education before a book can be used in schools.
Books are vetted by state subject panels.
The book was never vetted nor approved by the state panels.


7. Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA) Membership.
The Publishers of the said book are not members of the NPA.

flokii:
Anybody can publish any nonsense and call it textbook here in Nigeria.. the man goal of the petition was to alert Nigerians and FG about frivolous attempts by some individuals to bastardize Yoruba history.
Igbos never existed anywhere near Ile-ife, infact they never shared any boundary with Yorubaland, even up till today.. when you leave South West, next you'd touch is Mid-West (Edo and Delta) and North Central (Kwara, Kogi, etc.). Sourh East is on another part entirely and you must cross the river Niger before you can't get there.

KillahPriest:
call that your Ooni to order, he was the one who started these rumours

flokii:
He should have asked questions, instead of saying what he wasn't sure of.. Ugbo people are not the same as Igbo people talked about in Yoruba ancient texts.
Ugbo people are still in Ondo till today and they are not Igbos.

Kdon2:
After all this rambling here, you still admint to the existence of the book. ☹️

KillahPriest:
call Ooni, not me. I'm ijaw and I'm sick and tired of the constant bickering by you two tribes like jealous housewives

shortgun:
Do you have comprehension problems?
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flokii:
Anybody can publish any nonsense and call it textbook here in Nigeria.. the main goal of the petition was to alert Nigerians and FG about frivolous attempts by some individuals to bastardize Yoruba history.
Igbos never existed anywhere near Ile-ife, infact they never shared any boundary with Yorubaland, even up till today.. when you leave South West, next you'd touch is Mid-West (Edo and Delta) and North Central (Kwara, Kogi, etc.). Sourh East is on another part entirely and you must cross the river Niger before you can't get there.

Factcheck0001:
have u ever checked who the authors were?

So u mean someone wrote a book, vet it, spend money in publishing it n put his name on it but he's faceless?

So where do d proceeds of the book goes?

U people are just trying to be clever by half, you should b more bothered about those who approve that kinda book for your kids in school because they can approve more worse n distort their brain from reality.


This was d same mistake your brother's made after the war that made many of u believe the lies u tell people today

Imagine your people believing it was Nigerian government that was the aggressor n that u almost won d war

shortgun:
Yes, a mischievous person can write a book without any form of approval or vetting and then falsely claim it’s a school textbook — all in a bid to create ethnic tensions. I’m suspicious of those who kept warning the Ooni about publicly acknowledging the ancient ties between Yorubas and Igbos. They will go to any lengths to undermine him and invent consequences they fear the Ooni’s revelation will result to.

Sharpsharp00123:
Omo there are different people in this planet earth ooo

The op is not even concerned about how they feed those Ibo kids with lies n mess their psyche

He's concerned about y d ministry of education addressed the issue.

Like seriously Incase the ibos don't know, they are setting their children up for problem if they keep lying to them n keep churning out lies.


It's like a father who lied to his children that he's d owner of a particular house but he was chased away from there by present occupants which is a pure lie.


The children will hold that statement in mind n one day when the father is dead, the children will want to claim the house their father lied to them about n they will b repelled.

They won't know their father told them a lie but will want to die for it but the whole community will have a different story.


With time the whole community will get tired of their false claim n finally segregate them or put them in their place.

They will want to fight back n they might lose their live in fighting over d lies their father told them.

Like seriously a wise father will not do that because he will b setting his children up for future problem

Factcheck0001:
hope u know for a book to b approved to b read in schools, it must b approved by the ministry of education?

Hope u know for it to b approved in a particular region especially if it's not used in another region, the region head as ministry of education must approve it?


So on this note, hope u know the region leader of the ministry of education in your region is Ibo like u?

So are u saying an Ibo person approved it to cause problem between yorubas and ibos?

So meaning an Ibo approved something wrong for his own region?

shortgun:
This clearly show you don't understand the post. I am finding it difficult to continue to explain the same thing over and over again.

1. The book was not approved in any region
2. The book is not used as textbook in any school
3. The book was not approved by agency.
4.No Igbo leader person or Yoruba leader approved the book to be used in any school.

Factcheck0001:
so how did the book got to the school it was found?

If u want to b sincere with yourself as an Ibo person, your main aim is how to look for the authors n get them punished.

Every book has a publisher and the address will b clearly stated behind d book.

Behind d book, there will b details about the authors and books they have written before, y don't u just check that n stop the criminals instead of doing all these tribal jargons


Look for names of the authors n get them arrested, it's that simple because if u keep blaming everyone except them now, they will release another one n they can tell u Ibos founded America.

They will just turn u lots to laughing stocks but it seems u ain't worried about how those books paint u but u want to blame yorubas n ooni