₦airaland Forum

benardtotti:
Libya is an Islamic country , yet value education, northern Nigeria need to sit down and ask themselves serious questions, cos as long as they don't value real education not just Arabic studies ,they can't go far .

Lol, your comment reeks of ignorance. Allow me to enlighten you. Northern Nigerians were educated and literate before your forefathers understood the value of literacy. Education is education, regardless of the language in which it is delivered. Education consists of knowledge, skills, and sound judgment.

The core North was deeply invested in Islamic education; I encourage you to research this further. Islamic education was, in many ways, superior to our current educational system. It emphasized the acquisition of knowledge, morality, practical skills or trades, and the development of sound judgment. Before the arrival of the colonialists, Northerners were highly literate and could read and write in Ajami. They largely engaged in various trades, which is why many Northerners, even today, are involved in commerce, whether on a small or large scale, while others were farmers, blacksmiths, and artisans. Their foundation in Islamic education fostered contentment, their expertise in crafts and trades made them independent, and the moral teachings in Islam provided them with discernment. This is why they quickly recognized the colonialists’ motives of enslavement and economic dependency and resisted them vehemently.

Many northern monarchs won battles against the colonialists, forcing them to focus their efforts on the less educated southern regions of Nigeria, where they introduced Western education and literacy and offered jobs upon graduation. They built schools, converted students to Christianity, trained them to become employees rather than employers, established governmental structures, and used Southerners as intermediaries to exploit our resources to this day. They used these graduates as interpreters to lure their uneducated people into slavery in foreign lands with empty promises, which is why there were many Yoruba, Igbo, and others in servitude abroad. The North, being educated, resisted these ulterior motives and protected its people. They did not allow themselves to be deceived by promises of employment through Western education because they understood the agenda was to convert them to Christianity and exploit their resources. The colonialists were able to conquer Nigeria through the less educated South. They created a government through amalgamation, and to this day, we remain in a form of mental slavery.

The Northerners you are belittling were, in fact, the true heroes. They found themselves caught between Islamic and Western education after the colonialists defeated and subjugated Nigeria. They spent decades adapting in such a way that the newly introduced and imposed Western education would not erode their cultural and Islamic values or moral standards. They learned to read and write in Hausa by adapting the Latin (English) alphabet and also acquired basic conversational English, all while focusing on crafts and trade rather than Western education. While Southerners became dependent through Western education, the Hausas continued farming, trading, and securing business deals with the colonialists, supplying them with agricultural products from the North. This is how Dantata succeeded—he could speak some English, which enabled him to negotiate directly with the colonialists and profit from his business dealings. The Dantata family, including Dangote and others, remain prominent in trade to this day, and Kano is still known as the centre of commerce.

The North, which you claim is holding the country back, was actually set back by Southerners who, after being brainwashed by the colonialists into Christianity, slavery, and an education system that rendered us dependent on working for others, contributed to this situation. Now that the Nigerian government has regained its sense, it is seeking to reform the educational system we inherited from our colonial masters—shifting from producing employees to producing employers by encouraging vocational, technical, and business education. This is the same approach the North emphasized in Islamic education: after acquiring the necessary knowledge, students would move on to learn farming, crafts, or trading. There are numerous Quranic verses on ethics and guidelines for farming, trade etc, as well as Ahadith dedicated to these subjects, to provide guidance. Islamic education covers all aspects of life. The South set the North back, not the other way round.


Peace!

KingCold:
But your argument was about large populations, wasn't it?

In Africa bros...
Did u see any Asian country there??

Dennisochampa:
In Africa bros...
Did u see any Asian country there??

Um, the point flew over your head. ok

The education that we have, what are we using it for? Just to brag and fight i have a degree

KingCold:
Check all sources on the net, South Africa is up there. Put your hate for us aside and focus on fixing your 60% literacy rate

He forgot to credit whites even though that list is dominated by Southern African countries.

RandDigital:
He forgot to credit whites even though that list is dominated by Southern African countries.

Knowing their obsession with people..that's coming for sure

nigeria you de house

Nigerians love education.
The love for education made Bobo Chicago to enter school before the school became a reality.
No be juju o. In fact the Bobo was high on that thing.

KingCold:
Check all sources on the net, South Africa is up there. Put your hate for us aside and focus on fixing your 60% literacy rate

This is NOT hate. I dont hate. Have no reason to hate. But this is FALSE! BIG FALSE
Unless they need clarity on what literacy means.
Maybe it means just having matric

Stilloracle:
This is NOT hate. I dont hate. Have no reason to hate. But this is FALSE! BIG FALSE
Unless they need clarity on what literacy means.
Maybe it means just having matric

Go argue with the stats

KingCold:
Go argue with the stats

Does he even have an argument or he only saw the country that sends fear down their spine and couldn't help but comment senselessly as is expected of them.

Lionessza6:
Does he even have an argument or he only saw the country that sends fear down their spine and couldn't help but comment senselessly as is expected of them.

Funny, he has no problem when the same stats crown Nigeria as the biggest economy in Africa (though dubious), but when it's South Africa, it's a different story

KingCold:
South Africa has the best universities on the continent, and our education budget alone is bigger than many African countries' national budgets

Yet you are hanging at 40% unemployment rate.

You need that White monopoly capital eh?

seppuku:
Yet you are hanging at 40% unemployment rate.

You need that White monopoly capital eh?

ok

Lionessza6:
Does he even have an argument or he only saw the country that sends fear down their spine and couldn't help but comment senselessly as is expected of them.

Contrary to the above belief we fear ZImbabweans way more.


Those guys are very eloquent and articulate when debated on any subject matter.

KingCold:
Um, the point flew over your head. ok

Just incase you missed it

Not true. Zimbabwe has been number one for years and they are still leading.

Seychelles is not an African country, they are lost out there in the ocean in the middle
of nowhere.