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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 27 Oct 2017

    "They call it 'fake'" - Why people in northern #Nigeria dismiss western-style education. 📻 http://bbc.in/2zJwLYs  #BBCMinutepic.twitter.com/2AJ3uYQ2jy

    5:53 AM - 27 Oct 2017
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      1. Ibe‏ @utellmemore 27 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It's not a problem to choose whatever kind of education they want. They just have to let others also choose the type they also want in PEACE

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      1. AgabaChiriOzo‏ @Desmola 27 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Biafrans want their independence, we don't want anything to do with the North. #FreeBiafra

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      1. P .C .O‏ @okoronextor43 27 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        So they should not imposed their savage's backwards, parasite's one to us southerners

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      1. Ridwan Osman‏ @RDosman0 27 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Becoz the system they introduced in Africa is hard and the system they using is easy ! So the tend to make African child life hard

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      1. Free Biafra‏ @EmmasatBiafra 28 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @alertigbo

        And yet these people hv British backing against d wise and learned since d lugardian Nigeria.100 years of stunt #biafraFreedomMadePossible!

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      2. Gwavvu Wass‏ @GwavvuW 27 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Africans actually had their own systems of education before the western man imposed his on them!!!

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      3. #IndigenousDay Aug9‏ @alertigbo 28 Oct 2017
        Replying to @GwavvuW @BBCAfrica

        But these has no education except for that Islamic education

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Gwavvu Wass‏ @GwavvuW 28 Oct 2017
        Replying to @alertigbo @BBCAfrica

        did u know that the largest Islamic school was in West Africa?and what’s wrong with Islamic education?

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      5. #IndigenousDay Aug9‏ @alertigbo 28 Oct 2017
        Replying to @GwavvuW @BBCAfrica

        I should be asking you if not jihad which Islamic education teaches that breeds terrorism? There is everything that is wrong with it

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Gwavvu Wass‏ @GwavvuW 28 Oct 2017
        Replying to @alertigbo @BBCAfrica

        Brother I’m no Muslim but I know Islamic education isn’t all about Jihad!! Read more and be tolerant

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      7. #IndigenousDay Aug9‏ @alertigbo 28 Oct 2017
        Replying to @GwavvuW @BBCAfrica

        I won't read any Islamic material. Thank you

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      8. Gwavvu Wass‏ @GwavvuW 28 Oct 2017
        Replying to @alertigbo @BBCAfrica

        Reading about Islamic education isn’t necessarily reading Islamic material.knowledge is power and u clearly aren’t open to enhancing yours!!

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      1. Ismail Bayor Homo‏ @bayo_homosapien 29 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Because it's diversity, simple. God isn't included but human materials. Why???!!!

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      1. Nicholas‏ @DeModesty07 27 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Northerners will always be northerners

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      1. Francis Nwaobodo‏ @fchuki 27 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @cchukudebelu

        The alternative works wonders for them.

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