Govt should not expect
anything better from the
“almajiris” … on August 16, 2013 at 4:36 am
in Special Report CONFLICTS IN NORTHERN
NIGERIA (4): Govt should not
expect anything better from
the “almajiris” … Akinlade, M. T. in this fourth
edition of the discourse,
stresses the need for
investigative and objective
journalism.
THE children neither go to
school for Western education
nor undergo vocational training
for skill acquisition neither. They also have no moral in any
respect as they hardly
internalize the Qur’anic
instruction. The view of Bozimo
that “perhaps we pray knowing
nothing about religion other than name” is useful in
analyzing “almajiri”. These children of alms are
always at the mercy of peer
and amoral influence. As they
grow into adulthood, they part
ways with their Mallam and
graduate to potential hoodlum ready to terrorise the
community at any point in
time. They neither have worth
nor value for themselves nor
others.This practice is over two
hundred and fifty years in the
north, when African
communalism was in place but
Muslim peasants have refused
to let go the practice following the collapse of communalism
occasioned by European
intrusion and eventual
monetisation as well as
capitalisation of the economy. Government should not expect
anything better from the
“almajiris” other than what is
in practice. One would have
expected northern governors
especially the Muslims among them to have outlawed this
practice and integrate the
victims of parental abuse to
the society through completely
free education with free meal
as a source of attraction, while they also work with their
guardians (Mallams). Rather
than act, northern governors
only lament. Equally, government draft in
military to the scene of conflict
and usually, they suppress the
violence. Although they also
unleash maximum terror on
innocent citizens but at least fragile peace is engendered.
When little peace is
experienced, rather than
aggressively consolidate on the
peace using the opportunities
that such period provides to objectively address the worries
of the parties, the Federal
Government either declares
state of emergency or set up
judicial commission of enquiry
whose report will neither be implemented nor made public.
How do we explain that the
killings in Borno, Benue, Jos,
Nasarawa and other places
have continued despite the
reports of various commissions of enquiry? Of interest is also the crisis
involving the Fulani cattle-
hearers. If Nigerian leaders are
serious, are they not supposed
to have made research into
how cattle rearers get food for their cattle in other countries,
without destroying farm land,
so as to solve Fulani related crisis..
From, Local, State, to Federal Government- need a total leadership restructuring..

Tell it to those who think Lagos is their official Almajiri land. Those who celebrate the deportation of others but can't stand one of their own being reunited with those they boasted to that they are going to make it big in a big city.
Almajiri, whether in form street awking or full time destitutes should be condemned all over Nigeria.

Standing5: Tell it to those who think Lagos is their official Almajiri land. Those who celebrate the deportation of others but can't stand one of their own being reunited with those they boasted to that they are going to make it big in a big city.
Almajiri, whether in form street awking or full time destitutes should be condemned all over Nigeria.

sadist!!

Standing5: Tell it to those who think Lagos is their official Almajiri land. Those who celebrate the deportation of others but can't stand one of their own being reunited with those they boasted to that they are going to make it big in a big city.
Almajiri, whether in form street awking or full time destitutes should be condemned all over Nigeria.

I think we should point out some problems with the system called Almajiris which the north are enjoying in the name of population. Education.If countries like Qatar,saudi did it why not Nigeria.

The almajiri system has been a major cause of the backwardness seen in the north. The north is richly blessed with human capital who if wisely chanelled will make remarkable improvement in the entire country.