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Sun Apr 04 2021
A former Nigeria’s Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, recently made claims in a post on his verified Facebook page in which he proffered solutions on how to help the present government salvage the economy.
Daily Trust on Sunday verifies three of the claims made by the top politician:
Claim 1: Nigeria has 13.5 million out-of-school children
Claim 2: Nigeria is the third most terrorised nation on earth
Claim 3: NLNG delivered $18.3bn dividends to government in 20 years (ending 2020)
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar claimed that Nigeria has 13.5 million out-of-school children.
VERDICT. Misleading. The claim that Nigeria has a 13.5 million population of out-of-school children is misleading judging from the revelation of the Minister of Education, Adamau Adamu that the figure had dipped to 6.95 million since May 2020. At best, Atiku’s claim was true as of 2018.