POLITCS – Current
report on air reveals that the Nigeria erstwhile President Goodluck
Jonathan on Friday disclosed that his then administration built 165
model schools in the North despite getting the least vote from the
region.
It is reported that Jonathan made the disclosure while addressing an
audience at the Peace Summit organized by the Junior Chamber
International, JCI, in Malaysia.
The former president said his administration built 165 Almajiri
integrated model schools despite the votes he got from the region.
According to Jonathan, he was inspired to construct the model schools
in other to tackle the high rate of illiteracy in the region.
He said, “In Nigeria, there were 10.5 million (about 15% of the
population) out of school children who were of school age, going by
UNICEF figures, as at the time I became president.
“Over 80% of these children for which majority are known as Almajiri
came from the northern part of Nigeria, where I recorded the least votes
in the elections I contested.
“Knowing the value of education, I could see that the ugly situation
was limiting the opportunities of these children and negatively
affecting the development of my country.
“That was why my administration decided to build 165 Almajiri
Integrated Model Schools which combined both western and Islamic
education in its curricula.”
Jonathan had earlier revealed what influenced his decision to concede
the 2015 Presidential election to his successor, President Muhammadu
Buhari.
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