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In Khartoum and southern Cameroon and other places there were students in final year who all have to flee, as it was libraries and books have all being burnt.

— Olugbemiro Jegede

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Nigeria has regressed into a nation where mediocrity is allowed to lead where we have intelligent people.

There is a clear and direct relationship between a country’s development, economic progress, and education offered to its people.

All we need is implementation, that is what we need. Once it has been implemented all our children from primary yo tertiary institutions will be digitally literate.

No country can develop unless its citizens are educated. Education does not change the world. Education changes people, people change the world

It goes without saying, therefore, that higher education contributes significantly to the political, scientific, technological, economic, social and human development of any country

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