North has highest number of illiterates – Atiku

    A Former Vice President and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress APC, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar said the northern part of Nigeria has the highest number of illiterates, with a large number of them being women. Speaking during a book presentation in Abuja, the former VP said 10 million Nigerian children are currently […]

 

 

A Former Vice President and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress APC, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar said the northern part of Nigeria has the highest number of illiterates, with a large number of them being women.

Speaking during a book presentation in Abuja, the former VP said 10 million Nigerian children are currently out of school with women constituting 60 percent of them.

” There is no doubt that the rights of women and girls need to be protected and promoted. As a country, we are currently not doing enough in that regard, not in educating them, not in promoting and caring for their health and not in dealing with crimes against them such as rape and several others.

“Perhaps no greater harm can be done to a girl-child than denying her an education. And it is also a great harm to the society. Educating girls is vital because girls who acquire education tend to become better mothers, have fewer and healthier children,” he said.

The book, “Re-thinking the Legal Framework for Rights of Women and Girl-Child in Nigeria”, was in honour of his wife, Amina Titi Atiku Abubakar.