The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has confirmed that President Bola Tinubu ordered the reintroduction of Nigerian History as a subject in basic education.
Speaking on Tuesday during Channels Television’s End-of-Year Special Review Show, Alausa stated,
“President Tinubu has mandated the return of Nigerian History as a subject in basic education.”
Meanwhile, SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Nigerian government announced the formal reintroduction of history as a subject in the country’s basic education curriculum after it was abolished 13 years ago.
Former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua-led government in 2009 removed history from Nigeria’s basic education curriculum supposedly because students were avoiding it with the claim that there were few jobs for history graduates, and that there was dearth of history teachers.
