LITERACY RATE IN NIGERIA.PART 5

He lamented and partly blamed the British for deliberately discouraged western education in the north.This i considered an inapropriate excuse considering huge chunk of federal allocation that flowed to the region since return of democracy.For instance,between 2007 to 2016 in a breakdown of allocation,states in the northwest,northeast and north central to be precise collected 3tr.;2.5tr.;and 2.2.tr.respectively.This means that out of over 10tr.naira allocated to 774 Local Governments during the period the northern states collected over 50%.Between 2005 to 2016 19 states,in the north collected 153billion for universal basic education compared 115b.for the 17 states in the south.With exception of Adamawa,Plateau,Kogi and Niger states that did not access funding in 2015and 2016 all northern states had accessed UBE Intervention fund.Northern nigeria inspite of the funding,still lagging behind and there are 10million Almajiris or beggars in the north begging for alms and food.The truth is with basic education,you