Facts you didnt know about Muammar Gaddafi and Libya:

• There was no electricity bills in Libya; electricity is free … for all its citizens.
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• Should Libyans want to take up a farming career, they receive farm land, a house, equipment, seed and livestock to kick start their farms –this was all for free.
• Gaddafi carried out the world’s largest irrigation project, known as the Great Man-Made River project, to make water readily available throughout the desert country. ...
• All newlyweds in Libya would receive 60,000 Dinar (US$ 50,000 ) by the government to buy their first apartment so to help start a family. ....
• A mother who gives birth to a child would receive US $5,000. ...
• The price of petrol in Libya was $0.14 per liter.
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• Education and medical treatments, all free in Libya. Libya can boast one of the finest health care systems in the Arab and African World. ....
• ... Before Gaddafi only 25% of Libyans were literate. Today the figure is 87%.
• Libya had no external debt and its reserves amount to $150 billion' -

Written by Engr Martin Onovo