Nigerian groups marks International Literacy Day

At an occasion to mark United Nations’ International Literacy Day, Dayo Olagunju, executive secretary of the National Commission for Mass-literacy, Adult and Non–Formal Education (NCLAE), said more than 64 million Nigerians are illiterate, about 46% of the population, and over 60% of them are women. The event was held over the weekend and hosted by Family Re-orientation, Education and Empowerment (FREE), at Opukuma, in Bayelsa State. The founder of FREE, Alaire Alaibe, said the strength of the literacy and education organization lies in its ability to work with women leaders in the various communities and states it operates in. FREE operates 28 centers with 5,000 students, the majority of whom are women. The organization was given a UNESCO award recently, the first Nigerian NGO to be so honored in 18 years. Read the article from This Day.