"The rate of illiteracy in this country is still high. According to the UNESCO’s information in its last record of 2010, we still have over 53 per cent who are still illiterate in Nigeria. The answer to that question is straightforward: we don’t have enough adult educators in this country. To have enough Adult Educators, it means at every local government, you must have between five and 10 Adult Educators in the various ministries or secretariats. The Adult Educators in this country have not been able to permeate all nooks and crannies of Nigeria, and that is why the level of illiteracy is still there."
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Deborah Egunyomi
Deborah Adetunbi Egunyomi (born 10 December 1953) is a professor of Continuing and Non-Formal Education at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria where she previously served as the Head of the Adult Education Department. She was a member of the Visitation Panel set up by Ekiti state government to reposition the College of Health Science and Technology, Ijero-Ekiti.
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