A Nigerian senator, Rochas Okorocha has raised alarm over the negative role illiteracy plays in the country.
Rochas Okorocha
Senator Rochas Okorocha, representing Imo West Senatorial District in the red chamber has raised an alarm over the high level of illiteracy in the northern part of the country.
The former Imo State Governor who expressed fear of having lawmakers from the North who cannot address the senate chamber in English, asked for an intervention in the educational sector in the region.
Okorocha also stated that the illiteracy in the northern region has a direct impact in other parts of the country.
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