Children out of school - highest in Nigeria

According to the Nigerian education department's permanent secretary, Nigeria has the highest number of out-of-school children in the world - 10.5 million out of 20 million.

It is such a shame that in this time, education is not given priority in Nigeria. If it was, this data would be different.  The country has indeed betrayed the younger generation and the Federal government should hold its head in shame for not doing much to enable these young children to be in education. After all, they are the future generation and how is the country to move forward if the leaders of tomorrow do not have the capacity and capabilities to move the country forward? 

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