The Commissioner of Education in Adamawa State, Umar Pella, said Nigeria is spending so much money to try to curb insecurity because it failed in the recent past to spend enough money to provide functional education. Pella, who made the assertion at an event in Yola Monday afternoon, noted that education is the greatest victim of the Boko Haram insurgency that has been troubling much of the Northeast. Umar Pella, a lecturer before his appointment as commissioner, spoke in Yola during the commemoration of this year’s International Day to Protect Education from Attack, organized by his ministry …
