The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said that the federal government remained committed to creating a good environment for education, which would increase literacy levels in the country.
Adamu said this at the Education Writers’ Association of Nigeria 2022 Summit, with the theme, “ Toward Safe Schools in Nigeria,” in Lagos.
He explained that the ministry, as the apex body in charge of education in the country, was essentially committed to developing and increasing the level of literacy.
The minister noted that this fits into the larger spectrum of the Federal Government’s commitment/responsibility to the children, youths and the country at large.
He added that said that 31 per cent of Nigerians were illiterate as of 2021, as against 38 per cent in 2015.
He highlighted some of the Federal Government’s effort at addressing the menace to include a collaboration with the United Nations UN Special Envoy for global Education.
According to him, there is also a coalition of Nigerian Business leaders, who initiated the Safe Schools Initiative SSI during the World Economic Forum on Africa WEFA in Abuja in May 2014.
