Almajiri is a system of Islamic education practiced in northern Nigeria. Almajiri derives from an Arabic word, rendered "al-Muhajirun" in English literal translation, meaning a person who leaves his home in search of Islamic knowledge.

Underaged children are mostly the victims they begged and cater for themselves at an early age
Some at age 5

Almajiranci is our pride and our honor. Yes! we agreed that the program should be reformed but it should not be condemned. No sane society will destroy its culture but seek to reform. All advanced countries value their heritage, why not us?

I disagree with Emir of Kano on this.

It’s God’s destiny that children are birthed to their specific parents & it’s their responsibility to shape the vision of who their child might grow to be

They chose Almajiranci. The want their children to profess Quran, how is that a crime?

They’re also Nigerians with choice.

If not for hypocrisy, some of you send their children to nursery school as young as a year old, yet you condemn the practice of almajiri. You send your kids to boarding school, yet you asked parents of almajiri to keep their kids under them. How do you want them to learn?

Most of you just don’t get it.

You kept confusing almajiranci with street begging. Street begging is not requirements for genuine Almajiranci.

If Govt can provide feeding program for students of other schools & allow boarding, why not to almajiri too? Are they not Nigerians?

Sometimes when I see the fake news peddlers like Work Bank or IMF calling some 10 million out of school children from the north, Very fake news.

Most of these kids are almajirai & they go to almajiri schools, if they really care about them, they should invest in reforming them.

Why would someone chose to asked a father of children who wished to send their wards to learn Quran to be arrested? Wasn’t that insensitive?

We should be guided accordingly.

Almajiri is who we are, where we came from. We should not be ashamed of associating with almajiri & condemning them to obscurity. Almajiri’s are sons & daughters, they are human, they are, above all, Nigerians.

They are students, unlike you, they chose the Quran, respect them.

My son, Bapetel, 7 proudly studying Quran in a typical almajiri way, using his Allo. This was in my house in Yola.

In doing so, he’s continuing a tradition of his family.

Real almajiris don’t beg. Begging was a bad practice introduced in almajiranci. It needs reform not ban.

https://mobile.twitter.com/adamugarba/status/1230902996957122562

This has been the probs of Nigeria. Opposition of the truth.

With this mentality among some elite in the north

I see north been the problem of it self


President Gej tried to take them out he was frustrated

No fvcks given

Custom ?

This man is proud of being a beggar..

lol

There was nothing like Nigeria 100 years ago
Let us all go back to our cities
Leave Judah alone
Let the igbos( Ghana cousins) also leave Lagos we want to be alone
Make Yoruba great again
Judah will be known

yes. if it isn't broken don't try to fix it.
it is clear that almajiri has been existent for decades and nobody said a thing. why is it now suddenly an issue? I support this man. almajiri gives cheap labour which provides a good amount of productivity in Nigeria.

Children begging around is a thing of pride and culture to this guys

And the circle of beggars Almajiri continues

Pride ke?

Islam is a cursed ! Foolishness , when does child abuse became a pride.....

Stupid beggar

Its almejeri a northern culture or its a religioues practice? That man is so dull

This guy has cognitive dissonance. It shouldn't be condemned but you want to reform it. Sanusi is right arrest the clowns subjecting their kids to foolish practice.

Sanusi Calls For Arrest Of Fathers Of Almajiris

Gradually, democracy will help us weed out the chaff so the wheat may grow.

See how Garba is an ex-Senator and please remember at election how hard we must all work to ensure he is never reelected.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamu_Garba_Talba?wprov=sfla1

Hmmm

These northerners don't have any plans for their people, not to talk of having for Nigeria.
But some wicked people because of 2023 ticket would happily dine with these devils because of their personal interests.

Eboski:
Stupid beggar

He is worse than that! If you check, he most likely will send his own children to school in Western abroad!

Sweet Jesus

This is just madness. Evil men which of your kids are Almajiri?

is any of your children an almajiri

Whose d fvck is dix asshole?

okay o. fire down! You people will have Sense once there is no more oil money. I will see how the north survive alone with their unproductive population.

Holier-than-the-Pope mentality.

Like someone pointed out: the man is suffering from cognitive dissonance, but mind you, his voice is the very echo of a vast majority of parents in the core north.

Let us remember that the almajiri system is neither cultural nor obligatory, it rather is an excerpt of a religion imported into our midst.

The sad reality today is that the owners and exporters of Islam have greatly developed systems of Western education, technology and socialization that rival the best in the world today, but our naysayers northern brothers must prove hey know better than the original owners of the religion.

This is sad.

Edit.
How do you blame people who insist that we all go our separate ways as a nation. The almajiri system doesn't empower the boys for the realities of the modern world, instead they are a liability, a bother and a concoction of explosives.

ChoCho54:
No fvcks given

hahaha

Cos he knows that the answer to almajiri will mean they can't Mary and divorce at the rate their religion accepts for them to.

Almajiri is caused by poor people marrying numerous wives and birthing kids they can not care for. A man marries 4 wives, he gets tired of them(since his religion permits him to explore vaginas) he divorces 1 by saying so 3 times, kicks her out and brings in a new wife. Now his ex leaves her kids behind, goes to marry a new man. These innocent kids run away from the evil step mothers and go live in the streets, Almajiri is born. To curb it, the sexual excesses of the men esp as regards marrying numerous women they can not care for will be cut. These men will not agree.

Southern Nigeria has no business staying with Northern Nigeria.

Our culture, traditions, Reasoning is a million years different

YorubaKinging:
There was nothing like Nigeria 100 years ago
Let us all go back to our cities
Leave Judah alone
Let the igbos( Ghana cousins) also leave Lagos we want to be alone
Make Yoruba great again
Judah will be known

Actulally 100 years ago (1920) there was Nigeria.

Amalglamation was in 1914..some 106 years ago.

Please this ex senator is not in touch with realities on ground, there is a difference between Almajiri & Karaton Allo or islamiya. Almajiri has nobody to take care of him, usually his parents sent him away to reduce their burdens on feeding & welfare hiding under the guise of religion. They beg because nobody feeds them, in fact, they have to hustle for money every week to pay their teacher(thier parents don't give a shyt). Nobody will complain if an Almajiri will be fed & provided for by his parents. We are already plaqued by boko haram, bandits & kidnappers, stop encouraging unnecessary breeding. ONLY HAVE KIDS YOU CAN TAKE CARE IF5