Illiteracy is a still a big problem in Nigeria. Close to six million Nigerians are said to be illiterates but one young Nigerian is on a mission to ending illiteracy in Africa's most populous country.

It's school time in this corner of Lagos and the students arriving for the day's academic session. And here is their teacher addressing them before the commencement of classwork.

The students are mainly market women and men who live around the community where the school is located.

They never had any formal education in their childhood but they are doing so in their adults and it's all thanks to this young man, Erezi Edoreh.

With a strong passion for education, Erezi started the Spell Africa B2S free Adult Literacy programme in 2016 as a means to improve the literacy rate around his community and help tackle illiteracy in the country.

EREZI EDOREH FOUNDER SPELL AFRICA B2S ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMME "We did a street campaign at Igbo Efon community, where we shared flyers and individuals one on one, taking their phone numbers and their names. Interestingly, in just one hour that we went for the campaign, we got over 200 names. So at that point, when I saw that in one hour if I can get 200 names, then this project will be successful. When we started, they started trooping in little by little. And here we are today changing lives."

Among those whose lives have been changed is Regina Akinwande, a petty trader. She could neither read nor write when she registered for the programme. But it's a different story today.

REGINA AKINWANDE STUDENT "when I was schooling, I stopped at primary Two. But then, I didn't know the alphabets or numeric. But when I started here, my life changed completely. There are things that I didn't expect which I'm doing now."

To sustain the programme and keep it running, Erezi has engaged the services of volunteer teachers, who come in at their spare time to teach for free.

"Volunteer teachers are beneficiary of education like you and I, who are working but they find time in the evenings, after their working hours, they come to the school to teach these students for free. So that's how we are sustaining the project."

Among the volunteer teachers is Lawyer, Sani Saeed.

He comes in here every now and then to teach on some common aspects of law.

SANI SAEED, VOLUNTEER TEACHER "It has not been that easy because sometimes you know some of them are even older than you, some are old enough to be your parents. But I try as much as possible to come down to their level."

"Currently, we have transformed over 125 who have benefited from this project; whose educational lives have been changed, those who previously could not get to the bank and fill their tellers, those who could not even read the alphabets or the messages on their phones."

Having found a renewed in education and motivated by the programme, some of the students here are already aiming to continue the educational pursuit up to the highest level.

"If God permits me; I even want to go to the university."

 Having come this far, it's certainly not an impossible dream.

"I'm using this project as a call to action to all products and beneficiaries of education. We have been educated. We know what we are benefitting from education, so it's our responsibility to give back, stretch our hands back to those who are not educated to be like us. So the long-term goal of the project, I would love to see these students get into the university and graduate as lawyers, bankers with an improved live economically and socially out of extreme poverty."

One step at a time, that goal is very much on course.

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