Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed deep concern about Nigeria’s inability to know the exact number of its population.
Obasanjo, who spoke in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at a mentoring session for a group of youths on “Youth Governance and Dialogue” held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), also said that it is disturbing that most Nigerian children of school age are roaming the streets.
He said that if nothing is done to ensure that every Nigerian child has a quality education, the country’s insecurity situation in the future would be worse, saying that something urgent must be done to check the trend.
He said: “There should be no Nigerian child that should be out of school for any reason. How are we talking about the state of emergency on education, how are we talking about popular education? Read more