Where will the money to finance free education come from? Most of the core-Northern states generate very little money.

Strangely, at the time I was in school, Unity school students from those areas got very hefty federal govt student and travel allowances to encourage them to go to school. Several states further augmented those allowances with provision allowances and other rubbish; these monies were paid directly to the students, so needless to say, they were always well watered.
The allowances mentioned above are aside from the much lower Jamb cutoff marks required by the quota system for people from these areas, yet they remain educationally disadvantaged, so quite clearly the problem lies elsewhere.

The levels of illiteracy in the core-North is a cultural issue that cannot be fixed with free education

Beaf:

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Like I said, the issue is more cultural than financial.

We that say we have free education down south - of what benefit has it been to us? At least in the north you can leave your house open and go to sleep with your 2 eyes closed; try it down south. Do you hear of bank robbers in the north - they have a very simple way of living.

otokx:

We that say we have free education down south - of what benefit has it been to us?
You are kidding,arent you?
At least in the north you can leave your house open and go to sleep with your 2 eyes closed
are yu serious?! Im sure d family of eight butchered in their sleep had dis in mind
Do you hear of bank robbers in the north
no! Cuz dey are more bloodthirsty and averse to financial advancement(im not justifyin robbery)
they have a very simple way of living.
Yeah! Even if it means begging al d days of their lives

otokx:

We that say we have free education down south - of what benefit has it been to us? At least in the north you can leave your house open and go to sleep with your 2 eyes closed; try it down south. Do you hear of bank robbers in the north - they have a very simple way of living.

2. The North in their Islamic books have been warned about Christianity and the use of western education for evangelism.

Sorry please which Northern Islamic book you are talking about is it Quoran or another book? I dont seems to get you well.
Because if you are talking of Quorann then something is missing as far as I know The people of Saudi Arabia where the religion originated from are well educated, Iranian poeple are well known to be the most educated of any Islamic country in the world today, Pakistan are well educated and they are doctors everywhere in the world just to mention few so where does the North got their lame excuses from or from which book told them to be living Almanjiri life please shed more light and tell us the verse in the book that forbid education.

Beaf:

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Like I said, the issue is more cultural than finacial. The only way to solve the problem is a change of leadership in the core-North (that is the only way that culture can be changed). Throwing money at the illiteracy problem there will just be the same as making a burnfire of dollar bills.
The abysmally poor leadership of that region is not only the countries worst nightmare, but also the greatest clog in our wheel of development.

KnowAll:

In fact the middle belters sef don they open eyes finish, I saw some lady in some bar in London and she told me she was from Markurdi. I said to myself so you people don they travel, surely I don tay for jand oh Naija don change, when I was in Naija na only soldier Agatu people they do but now civilisation has spread all over the middle belt states of Kogi, Benue, Plateau and Southern Kaduna(there is woman from S.Kaduna in my church and she is a businesswoman extraordinary, even S.Kaduna don they travel well well. Those are the wonders of education. Meanwhile Hausa/Fulani are still roaming all over the countryside with cows leaving a life their forefathers lived in the 1920’s in 2011.

With due respect, this is an extraordinarily foolish and entirely worthless post.

nagoma:

Obviously the southerners who were not in touch with any civilization and were living a primitive life as recently as the 18th and 19th centuary are now having the last laugh. The changes in the world , the industrial revolution and movement of the focus of civilization to the West means that people who have some conflicting heritage to defend are at a great disadvantage and at a loss unless they realize that the world has moved on. This is where the North got stuck. They think (or at least there masses think they have a heritage of civilization to protect).
As for the south , in the majority do not really have any strong civilization to protect and were able to accept in totality all that is western - the religion, the clothing, the drinks,the education, the way of life and infact almost all of them(southern Nigerians) aspire to migrate to the West if they can make it. It is a great ambition in their lives.

This Northern disadvantage is aggravated by the lack of leadership in the north and in the country and also world order that appears to be persecutory to muslims. This does not give an atmosphere for northern masses to crave for western education. Money does not come into it.