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UNESCO highlights education in its cooperation

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    President Olusegun Obasanjo and UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura signed a memorandum on Tuesday expressing their commitment to reinforced cooperation between Nigeria and the organisation, the UN agency said.

    Obasanjo spoke of education as a national priority for Nigeria and of the importance the country attached to ongoing reform in this area. Matsuura assured him of UNESCO's full support.

    Nigeria is a member of the E-9 group. This is a group of nine highly populated countries that account for half the world's people and 70 percent of global illiteracy, UNESCO said on Wednesday.

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