Nigeria is a country with over 350 ethnic groups, it would be a tough task to describe a particular ethnic group as the most educated without any formal statistics and data being used to measure the most educated tribe In Nigeria.

However, we would be making use of logic and general public knowledge to drive our opinion, which might also be controversial and debatable due to the fact that the government does not count and report such statistics. Still, it is so interesting to know what is the most educated tribe in Nigeria, isn’t it?

The most educated tribe in Nigeria are the ones with highest graduates, professors, doctors, etc. The most educated tribe in Nigeria are those that habours intelligent people who have great academic profiles cum achievements that are recognizable across the nation.

Once again, as there is no verified statistics to back this up, we will like you to engage this post in the comment box.

1. The Yoruba
The Yorubas are unarguably one of the most educated educated people in Nigeria. One thing about Yoruba people is that they are in every high offices. This is a signal that they are educated. Education is the only thing that can prepare one to be among the top managers of big companies where the Yorubas are dominating. Yoruba people first embraced western education in Nigeria which has made them open early enough to the need for education.

Ekiti state is known to have the highest number of professors and also, Lagos state was also ranked by UNESCO as the state with a high level of literacy which stood at 92%.

2. The Igbo
One popular narrative that every one would accept is that is that the Igbos are known for their creative ideas, business acumen, and are regarded as highly successful people in their various field of engagement, and it is noteworthy to say that they are also elites in terms of education as much as they are successful with business.
Igbo people have one of the highest amount of graduates and highest learned people in Nigeria. In Igbo land, you will hardly see illiterates unlike other tribes where there is high number of people who cant read or write.

3.The Edo
The Edos are known for their love for adventure and knowledge and they are highly civilized. They travel as far as Europe to seek for education. The state capital and largest city, Benin City, is the fourth-largest city in Nigeria, and the center of the country’s rubber industry. Edo people are among the most educated tribe in Nigeria. Edo people are in every field. Hardly would you see an uneducated Edo man.

4. The Hausa
The Hausas are one of the most educated tribes in Nigeria, the are one of the biggest players when it comes to politics and leadership in the country. They are known for their culture and high population, it is mostly said that the educated ones are as much as the illiterate among them.

5. The Urhobo
The Urhobos are one of the major tribes that are found in the southern part of Nigeria, especially in the Niger Delta region of the country. It is said that each families has their own professionals. The word Urhobo refers to a group of people rather than a territory.

6. The Ijaw
The Ijaw people are also known to be people who seek for knowledge far and wide, they are mainly interested in their self-discovery and personal development with education. They are mostly found in the Niger Delta, especially in the riverine areas.

7. The Itsekiri
The Itsekiri peopleare one of the Yoruba subgroup of Nigeria’s Niger Delta area. The Itsekiris presently number over 3 million people and live mainly in the Warri South, Warri North and Warri South West local government districts of Delta State on the Atlantic coast of Nigeria. They are just like Ijaws of that region.

8. The Ibibio

The Ibibio people are a coastal people in southern Nigeria. They are mostly found in Akwa Ibom and Cross River. They are related to the Annang Igbo and Efik peoples. During the colonial period in Nigeria, the Ibibio Union asked for recognition by the British as a sovereign nation. The Ibibio is among the best educated tribes in the country, not minding the way nollywood movies portrays them with their funny intonation.

9. The Isoko
The Isoko people have high amount of intellectuals in the education sector. Isoko people are an ethnolinguistic group who populate the Isoko region of Delta State, and Bayelsa State Nigeria. They are people of southern Nigeria, near the northwestern Niger delta. Delta State and Bayelsa State.

10. The Isoko
The Isoko people have high amount of intellectuals in the education sector. Isoko people are an ethnolinguistic group who populate the Isoko region of Delta State, and Bayelsa State Nigeria. They are people of southern Nigeria, near the northwestern Niger delta. Delta State and Bayelsa State.

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