Ikechukwu The decision of President Bola Tinubu to inflict a census on the Nigerian school system is like heading into battle armed with guesswork about your enemy’s military capabilities. Let us suppose that 19 states of the North each has one million children out of school. That was after bandying around the 10 million out-of-school children figure for about 11 years. This is perhaps for too long, about statistics, national planning and national development.