Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the country’s security challenges are a consequence of the 1975 coup d’état.


The coup, which took place on July 29, 1975, overthrew Yakubu Gowon and ushered Murtala Muhammed into power.

Speaking when he featured on Channels Television’s Newsnight on Monday, Mohammed said the lead discussant at the town-hall meeting on national security organised by the federal government narrated how the Gowon government was planning to ensure free and compulsory primary education for children of school age.

He said the decision was arrived at then, as part of efforts to avoid another civil war in the country.


The minister said, regrettably, the idea was jettisoned after the 1975 coup which sacked Gowon.

He said failure to execute the plan is responsible for Nigeria’s large number of out-of-school children.

According to him, militant and insurgent groups have a ready army to recruit from the country’s 13.2 million out-of-school children, hence the heightened insecurity in Nigeria.


“The fact is that in 1973, we were informed by the lead discussant and that the government of the day then had a retreat and said there must be a national pledge that what is that thing that we must do to ensure that we did not go through another civil war.
The government of that day came out with a decision that what will prevent another civil war is to ensure that anybody born after January 1970 has free and compulsory primary education,” Mohammed said.

“Regrettably that administration was overthrown two years later and all the lofty ideas and all the preparations that were needed to ensure that every child of school age acquired free and compulsory education were jettisoned.

“And we are paying the price today because if you have 13.2 million children of school-age out of school that is the market which Boko Haram, bandits, IPOB and other militants, that is the market where they recruit people.”

The minister said it was consequently resolved at the town-hall meeting that all three levels of government “must ensure that we go back to that and ensure at least free primary education for the first nine years for each child”.


https://www.thecable.ng/insecurity-were-suffering-consequences-of-1975-coup-says-lai/amp

Didn't the man he works for seize power in 1983? Why didn't the man he works for fix the problems caused by the 1975 coup?

Oloriburuku oshi.
He doesn't even know that this same Buhari the he is working for now was very instrumental in that coup.

wetin consern me...
I am not living in this Nigeria,
my own Nigeria is spellt backwards

Seun:
Didn't the man he works for seize power in 1983? Why didn't the man he works for fix the problems caused by the 1975 coup?

relax boss, we will do the comment for you

The number of unemployed graduate is in millions. They are powerful tools waiting to be used by the milìtants. When thatstarts happening d government may not survive it!

Book is not the problem but orientation.
sabi book no bi sabi brain.
stop beating about the bush and give people good governance

Seun:
Didn't the man he works for seize power in 1983? Why didn't the man he works for fix the problems caused by the 1975 coup?

Lai is a mad man

Valkan:


the east is no longer on fire ba

continue blowing hot and cold at same time

the east was never and may not be in fire if you guys take my advice

I always say the truth
I don't support just anyone

THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED GRADUATE IN MILLIONS SHOULD BE ADDED.

THESE SET OF MILITANT SOLDIERS WOULD BE VERY DEADLY!!

Ok

Na wa

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Naija dey evil people hands.

It is not true. Nigeria is suffering today because fulani herdsmen, fulani bandits and fulanis in general have been elevated above the law and above every other citizen. Fulanis kill as they please and they are not arrested or prosecuted for their crimes. Fulanis are aided by the Nigerian army to slaughter, displace and terrorise the rest of the country. People who defend themselves against fulani terrorism are the ones arrested, prosecuted or even killed by the Nigerian army. The Nigerian army always sets up camp near every fulani settlement or market in the south and middle belt to defend them and assist them with weapons whenever they go on rampage. But Igbo markets in Sabon Gari Kano, Idumota, Lagos and other parts of the country are left vulnerable to attacks. Where is the justice in all these?? Without justice in any society, there can be no peace.

huh?

Everything is at fault except them of course. Playing the victims like sillllu kids.

Buncha ffuckers in Govt.

Disgusting things!!!

werey dey disguise

OMG

theTranslator:
Lai is a mad man

the east is no longer on fire ba
continue blowing hot and cold at same time

Seun:
Didn't the man he works for seize power in 1983? Why didn't the man he works for fix the problems caused by the 1975 coup?

you know say water don pass garri when even our oga patapata is fed up

Buhari is a criminal terrorist

Lalasticlala front page

Nepotism of the government you're currently serving is responsible for the current security situations in the country. Stop telling us unfounded story

AsomughaChuks05:
It is not true. Nigeria is suffering today because fulani herdsmen, fulani bandits and fulanis in general have been elevated above the law and above every other citizen. Fulanis kill as they please and they are not arrested or prosecuted for their crimes. Fulanis are aided by the Nigerian army to slaughter, displace and terrorise the rest of the country. People who defend themselves against fulani terrorism are the ones arrested, prosecuted or even killed by the Nigerian army. The Nigerian army always sets up camp near every fulani settlement or market in the south and middle belt to defend them and assist them with weapons whenever they go on rampage. But Igbo markets in Sabon Gari Kano, Idumota, Lagos and other parts of the country are left vulnerable to attacks. Where is the justice in all these?? Without justice in any society, there can be no peace.

Chukwu gozie gi
you'll live long for this undiluted truth.
God bless ESN.

never again again killer fulani herdsmen trespass our land again
enough is enough
if fulanian army aids them
UGM will do the needful.
we must protect our land at all cost from invaders.
onye ona adiro mma nya laa otapiapia (onitsha dialect)

Blame games

Oh men what a load of crap!. I didn't even finish reading the post before knowing Lai Mohammed is so full of sh1t he can't even seem to smell it himself.

So even if the 1975 coup caused many children to be out of school, what is the current government doing about it?

Can't the current government make it mandatory for every child to be given at least secondary school education, albeit, free of charge? He's now putting the blame on something that happened more than 40 years ago.

This man is a lost case.

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Valkan:
nonsense talk.
Meanwhile the MENTAL asylum is in search of this patients

simplyleo

monogamy
helinues
bosstrevor1
mekaboy
ngeneukwenu
odua1stson

Do well to report to the authorities if found

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All they know in their lives is Nzeogbu Igbo coup, Nzeogbu Nzeogbu.

Then later when ipob people are talking about their SS comrades,they will be shouting attachee by force upandan,whereas Nzeogbu is Niger Deltan.

Does this man have kids abi family at all? Cos I don't understand how so much nonsense can spill from a person's brain

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Lying Moh@mmed forgot to blame Queen Victoria and King George of England