Nigeria - Very Sad!10 million Northern
Children Out Of School A new statistics has shown the
alarming rate of out-of-school
children in Nigeria at 11 million and
the northern part of the country
account for a whopping 90% of that
figure. Nigeria’s president Muhammadu
Buhari This disturbing figure was drawn to
the attention of Nigerians by the the
Bayero University Kano (BUK) Alumni
Association on Thursday July 30. The
association expressed shock over the
figure while calling the federal government to as matter of urgency to
declare a state of emergency in the
sector. The Punch reported that the ex-
students of BUK said that such
declaration become necessary to draw
government’s attention to the sad
state of country education sector
pointing out this will make it possible for the government to implement free
and compulsory primary and
secondary education. This, they stated, is in line with best
practices worldwide. READ ALSO: Declare State Of Emergency On Unemployment, Reps
Tell Buhari The president and vice-president of
BUK Alumni Association, Dattijo Usman
and Dr. Nazifi Darma made this call in
an interview with newsmen ahead of
its fund-raising dinner scheduled for
Saturday in Abuja. Usman pleaded with the 19 governors
of the northern states to take urgent
steps to address the menace of
Almajiri and hawkers to reduce social
vices as well as insurgency. He said: “Recent statistics have shown
that 11 million children are not in
school. The trend is increasing
because out of this figure, 90 per cent
(about 9.9 million) of them come from
the North. It is our duty to draw the attention of policy makers and the
National Assembly to ensure the
implementation of UNESCO policy. “Out of school cases are responsible
for insurgency and Boko Haram. All
these cosmetic Almajiri schools will not
help matters. A state of emergency
should be declared in education and
all children of school age should be compelled to go to school. “The government must ensure that
children go to primary and secondary
schools. It happened in other
countries and Nigeria should not be
an exception. We must do it here in
Nigeria and every child must go to school, beginning from the primary
and secondary levels. “We are worried by this Almajiri
menace. In fact, the 19 northern states
governors should do something to
reduce the trend. We hope to reach
the governors. It is the responsibility
of everyone of us to ensure that the future is better than our past.” The immediate past administration of
President Goodluck Jonathan was
reported to have build Almajiri schools
across the northern states with the aim
of providing integrated education that
would comprise basic western education alongside Islamic education
as a means of reducing the level of
illiteracy in the North.
http://www.naij.com/503317-sad10-million-northern-children-school.html
The publicity secretary of Afenifere,
Yinka Odumakin, has said that until
the Northern elites accept that the
children they call Almajiri were
created by God and should not be
used to foment trouble or create crisis, a million Almajiri schools in
the north will not work.
http://www.naij.com/473444-odumakin-blasts-kwankwaso-says-almajiri-is-a-menace.html

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10 million Northern Children Out Of School A new statistics has shown the alarming rate of out-of-school children in Nigeria at 11 million and the northern part of the country account for a whopping 90% of that figure.

In a few years time, this same set will be jostling for juicy government positions and be ruling over the literate ones.
#Issorai

Sad! Must Federal government do everything, what happened to states and local governments.What are they doing? We must restructure Nigeria.

This disturbing figure was drawn to
the attention of Nigerians by the the
Bayero University Kano (BUK) Alumni
Association on Thursday July 30.

The good thing about this revelation is that it's coming from some right thinking northerners who understand that there's a problem with the North, they've identified it and are ready to find a solution to it.

Enlightment is the only solution to the problems of the North and it will be productive if Buhari and co can free their people from the shackles that have held the North back by investing in education for the younger generations.

The North should help us Nigeria. No USA can help you, help urselves first.

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In a few years time, this same set will be jostling for juicy government positions and be ruling over the literate ones.
#Issorai

Those ones are mainly for voting!
They are only useful during campaigns after that time na street begging

Nawa ooo

DankemzI:


Those ones are mainly for voting!
They are only useful during campaigns after that time na street begging

in other words the northern elite take advantage of the northern illiterates. if this is true don't expect it to change any time soon(Almajiri will keep flourishing)