A former education minister Obiageli Ezekwesili has disclosed that nine out of every 10 African children are not able to read and learn numbers at the age of 10.
Ezekwesili, who is also a co-convener of #BringBack Our Girls, lamented that such statistics and reality were an economic disaster.She added that for Nigeria to move forward from its present economic state, education and human capital must be the new crude oil.
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