Nigeria, Jan. 30 -- The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Aisha Garba, has announced the commission's plans to partner with the National Commission on Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC) to fight illiteracy in Nigeria.

Mrs Garba disclosed this Tuesday when the Executive Secretary of NMEC, Akpama Ibor, visited her in her office in Abuja.

Discussions during the visit centred around innovative strategies to reduce illiteracy rates, such as community-based learning centres, mobile education units, and digital literacy programmes.

Mrs Garba emphasised leveraging each organisation's strengths to create a more comprehensive and practical approach to promoting basic education in the countr...