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44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by chinaaman(f): 4:51pm On Dec 22, 2011
Read and Earn Adults Literacy Programme has said that about 44 million Nigerians cannot read enough to fill out applications and educate their children.

The Coordinator of the the Read and Earn Adult Literacy, Prince Abdulsalami Ladigbolu, made the statement while declaring open the graduating ceremony of students from the programme, at the Town Hall of Kwali Local Government area of Abuja.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/33194-44m-nigerians-cant-read-group
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by chinaaman(f): 4:53pm On Dec 22, 2011
I don't believe this statistics, l think it should be less than this now.
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by denitro(m): 8:03pm On Dec 22, 2011
No wonder!
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by visionsen(m): 5:41am On Dec 23, 2011
Don't be surprised It may be really more than that.
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by keyne(f): 9:52am On Dec 23, 2011
How many millions can read? I wonder why the good is always downplayed! sad
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Kx: 9:55am On Dec 23, 2011
keyne:

How many millions can read? I wonder why the good is always downplayed! sad
It is called Exception reporting.
One sided and not balanced.
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Parisgoodman(m): 10:48am On Dec 23, 2011
Must sombody read in english before we know that the person can read? Those people have their local lamguage, of which they are good readers and writers--nonsense stats!

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Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Afam4eva(m): 4:09pm On Dec 23, 2011
Even those that read don't put what they read into action, so what's the use.

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Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by eghost247(m): 4:17pm On Dec 23, 2011
Hell no
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Afam4eva(m): 4:19pm On Dec 23, 2011
eghost247:

Hell no

Hell no? look at the population of uneducated people in northern Nigeria and other parts of the country.
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Nobody: 4:22pm On Dec 23, 2011
Haha. Recent events on NL get me to believe this is very true.
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by freecocoa(f): 4:24pm On Dec 23, 2011
I won't be surprised if this is true.
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Nobody: 4:26pm On Dec 23, 2011
Majority should be from the North
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Okijajuju1(m): 4:27pm On Dec 23, 2011
22 Million of them are from Ekiti State or have Ekiti blood in them! angry
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Honeycity(f): 4:28pm On Dec 23, 2011
44 million yet almost everyone owns a GSM? i dont agree
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by PeeBee: 4:31pm On Dec 23, 2011
44 million? I dont know, but there are millions of people who cant read English up here in the north.
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Nobody: 4:32pm On Dec 23, 2011
Honeycity:

44 million yet almost everyone owns a GSM? i dont agree
And who told u almost everyone have GSM? what is the number of Lines combined together all Network in nigeria, Last i checked, it is not up to 40 million
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Afam4eva(m): 4:33pm On Dec 23, 2011
Okija_juju:

22 Million of them are from Ekiti State or have Ekiti blood in them!  angry

Ekiti people are well known to be learned. Even though nothing much comes out of it.

Honeycity:

44 million yet almost everyone owns a GSM? i dont agree

This is a dumb statement. No offense.
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Nobody: 4:33pm On Dec 23, 2011
Na wao, which kind section be this, cant edit post
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Abayomin70(m): 4:35pm On Dec 23, 2011
Parisgoodman:

Must sombody read in english before we know that the person can read? Those people have their local lamguage, of which they are good readers and writers--nonsense stats!
i wonder englissh is not our language na borrow we borrow amm.and about d FIGURE NO CCCOMMMEEENNNTTT
Okija_juju:

22 Million of them are from Ekiti State or have Ekiti blood in them!  angry
GUY easy and  most profeso in nigeria are from ekiti.I BE OGUN no tink say i b ekiti
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Afam4eva(m): 4:42pm On Dec 23, 2011
Abayomin70:

GUY easy and  most profeso in nigeria are from ekiti.I BE OGUN no tink say i b ekiti

Do you have a proof to back up this statement?
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by jascon1(m): 4:45pm On Dec 23, 2011
the stat. may have been approximated, to me is even more. judging from people i meet everyday it is a fact that more than 44million cant read or write. in our traditional system, pen and paper arent important, and this states the facts that in as much as most of us speak our local dialects we cant read or write in it.
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Nobody: 4:48pm On Dec 23, 2011
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Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by emesv26(m): 4:54pm On Dec 23, 2011
dat man have a plan i totally disagrees with him embarassed embarassed embarassed embarassed
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by slingfox: 5:04pm On Dec 23, 2011
afam4eva:

Even those that read don't put what they read into action, so what's the use.
Best answer! tis system doesnt even encourage intellectualism. So do people purely need to read for its own sake??
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by manny4life(m): 5:09pm On Dec 23, 2011
Hmm, this is serious statistic though I seriously doubt it.

With a population of 160 million Nigerians, about 27.5% of Nigerians cannot read. Geez, why is it that I find hard to believe? embarassed embarassed embarassed
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by kizito96(m): 5:22pm On Dec 23, 2011
Very True. Even the ones you think went to University cannot read fluently or speak good english fluently.
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by scholes0(m): 5:29pm On Dec 23, 2011
OH YES, I sthink the statistic is very true,
Guyz, dont look at just the figure reported alone, look at the fact that Nigeria is an Immense country, 44 Million is big , only in raw terms, when talking about Nigeria.
Does someone get me??
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Reference(m): 5:42pm On Dec 23, 2011
Very easy. Check the responses on Nairaland viz registration and postings. You'd probably hit a similar stat.
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by Ayor93(m): 5:54pm On Dec 23, 2011
Okija_juju:

22 Million of them are from Ekiti State or have Ekiti blood in them! angry
no sense,
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by AjanleKoko: 6:02pm On Dec 23, 2011
Literacy in Nigeria is around 68%.
So I guess the figures are just about right.
Re: 44 Million Nigerians Can't Read ? by wazobiang: 6:47pm On Dec 23, 2011
it should actually be more than 44 million

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