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On 31st January 2024, the Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, speaking on Channels TV, announced that: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mandated that we put back Nigerian history in our curriculum. From 2025 our students in primary school and Government Secondary Schools will have that as part of the course of study in schools”. The Minister prefaced the announcement saying: “The National Educational Research and Development Council have just reviewed the curriculum for the basic education level. One important thing that has been missing in the past is Nigerian History. We now have people who are 30 years old who are totally disconnected from our history. It doesn’t happen in any other part of the world.” History was first removed from the curriculum for the education of Nigerian children in 2008 – 17 years ago - meaning that a whole school generation has been produced without any education on the country’s history.

Press Release For immediate release, Thursday 29TH February 2024 THE FATHERLAND GROUP Please click on the video below to listen to the audio version. https://youtu.be/JxKhftqqmSU Background On Saturday 24th February 2024, the Chairman and Convenor of the Northern Elders Forum, Professor Ango Abdullahi, speaking at a high-level book launch shed some light on Nigeria’s move from the parliamentary system to the presidential system when he said: “ . .  in 1976 some of us were old enough to participate in the transition program to move the country from military rule to the presidential system. After the Gowon administration and after the takeover by Murtala and Obasanjo, a Constituent Assembly was being set up. Some of our elders were there, the Maitama Sules, the Malam Aminu Kanos were there; some of us the very young ones were also there. The process started and we were…