THE Minister for Education, Dr. Sam Egwu has disclosed that no fewer than 50 million adult Nigerians are illiterates which effectively places the country among the least educationally developed countries in the comity of nations.
He added that over seven million Nigerian children of school age have not had the privilege of acquiring formal education which has left a yawning gap in the education of the populace.
Dr. Egwu made this startling revelation during the commissioning of the Otukpo Study Centre of the National Open University of Nigeria which was built and handed over to the Federal Government by the Senate President, David Mark.
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Wednesday 28 January 2009
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