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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the 20 million out-of-school children in Nigeria are future recruits for the Boko Haram terrorist sect.
The former president said the growing number of out-of-school children represents 10 percent of Nigeria’s population.“The World Bank says we have over 20 million children who should be in school that are not in school for a population of about 230 million; that is 10 percent of our population that should be in school that are not in school,” Obasanjo said.
“We are also preparing them to be recruited in 10 to 15 years for whatever form of Boko Haram there will be at that time, whatever form of banditry it will be.”on June 24, 2024, the World Bank said there are 11 million out-of-school children in Nigeria. The bank said the statistics were based on the national education data survey of 2020.released in September 2022, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation said there were 20 million out-of-school children in Nigeria.
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