₦airaland Forum

These are your blood relatives you're yabbing like this. Or are you now ashamed of being an aboki muslim?

helinues:
The funniest part about those beggars, not all of them are disable..

No food for lazy man moreover it is not a must to live in the city.. Let them return back to their respective states..

Street begging banned + okada banned + highest level of employment + poverty capital of the world = DANGER LOOMING AHEAD..........

All SW Governors should follow, ban Street begging and deport them to Kano.

At a dumpsite located along Court Road, Gyadi-Gyadi, Daily Trust reporter caught up with 12-year-old Auwal Mohammed. Auwal, an almajiri, says “Since the state government does not want to see us on the streets, this is the only option available to us. We glean through this refuse dump for anything that could be of use to us either as food or clothing.

At the end of the day, some of us get clothing, foot wears and food from here.” He said since the ban on street begging by the Kano State government, majority of them especially those below the age of 10 have been facing serious difficulty in feeding since they are not old enough to do menial jobs to get money for self-sustenance. Auwal makes about N200 daily from iron and plastic materials he picks from the refuse dump.

Similarly, Usman Adamu, a resident of Mahuta in Katsina State, said since he came to Kano about two years ago, his major means of livelihood has been alms from well-spirited individuals. Following the ban on street begging, Usman says he is forced to resort to scavenging for survival. He makes at least N150 from the refuse dump every day.

The Kano State governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Tuesday made a pronouncement banning street begging in the state, saying any father whose child was caught begging in the state would face the wrath of the law, as government would not hesitate in prosecuting any erring parent. However, shedding light on the statement, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Abba Anwar, said the general public should understand between policy statement and implementation of a policy, noting that “What happened at the Sani Abacha Indoor Stadium is nothing but a policy pronouncement.”

Anwar explained that the state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, only made a policy statement regarding the ban on street begging, noting that programmes that would make smooth implementation of the policy were underway. The issue of Almajiri Street begging has over the decades been a source of concern to successive governments in Kano State. Moreover, various attempts to address the issue have been adopted by different governments before the recent ban. It would be recalled that a concept of Islamiyya Qur’anic and Tsangaya Education (IQTE) was introduced.

It was a system where conventional education is integrated into the Islamiyya and Quránic school system with feeding support all in an attempt to reduce the Almajiri roaming the streets of Kano. In 2016, the Kano State government made provision of N150m in the 2016 Budget to be expended in IQTE as part of the state’s commitment to the development of education in the state and as a measure to incorporate the Almajiri in 16 local governments of the state operating the IQTE schools.

According to the 2010 Ministerial Committee’s report on Madrasah, the Almajiri constitute the largest group of out-of-school children in Nigeria. And in order to reduce inequality and provide access to qualitative education to these segregated classes of children, the Federal Government set up a Committee on Implementation of Almajiri Education Programme and charged it with the responsibility of ensuring that these Almajirai are integrated into the Universal Basic Education Programme.

This is without prejudice to their acquiring a sound mastery of Qur’anic Knowledge. While some residents have commended the governor for taking the bold decision to tackle the ugly trend of street begging in the state, others not only criticized the move, but described it as political, saying successive government have also made similar pronouncement but failed at implementation.

However, following the mixed reaction expressed by different sectors in the state, Special Adviser to the Kano State Governor on Child Welfare and Women Mobilization, Hajiya Fatima Abdullahi Dala, issued a statement stating that the decision of the Kano State government was in good faith, without any prejudice or sentiment against any group of people, or class of individuals but in line with the commitment and unrelenting passion of the Kano State governor to uplift, safeguard and secure the lives and promote the welfare of the children in the state.

According to Malam Isa Usaini, an operator of Almajiri school in Hotoro area of Nassarawa Local Government Area, his school has about 26 students and none of these students was brought to the school with any food item. Some of the students came to the school with only one or two pairs of clothings. He further revealed that his students still go out to beg for food as he and the children have no alternative. According to him, “Now that they have banned begging, I will allow them to go back to their parents.

To be honest with you, I feel relieved and free to send them back to their parents with the strong reason that government has banned begging.” However, one of his students, 9-year-old Umar Abdu Gofaru, told Daily Trust Saturday that he doesn’t want to return to his parents because life here is far better that life at his home. Another teacher of an Almajiri school, Malam Haruna Ali, said no one can stop Almajiri from begging. He has about 41 students and says he will not return any of them, as stopping them from begging is like stopping them from studying about their religion.

On his part, the chairman of the Kano State chapter of the Council of Ulama, Sheikh Ibrahim Khaleel, viewed the decision of the Kano government on street begging as nothing but mere pronouncement. Addressing a press conference, Sheikh Khaleel lamented that government was not serious about the issue of street begging, noting that “this is not a proper way of handling this issue because right steps have not been taken on the issue.

Historical evidences on the ban of street begging are there to testify that the governor is just not serious about this issue. “If we view the history of banning street begging since the time of Sir Ahmadu Bello, efforts to ban street begging were opposed by the Ulama who saw it as a way of keeping people away from Quranic or religious studies because the issue was at that time politicised.”

The scholar further recalled that during Governor Audu Bako’s administration, Alhaji Muhammadu Ibrahim, father of former Education minister Prof Ruqayyah, initiated good plans to curtail street begging, but it was also politicised.” Subsequently, the military administration of Ndatsu Umaru had established a committee of prominent Islamic scholars made up of Sheikh Isah Waziri, Ibrahim Umar Kabo, Rabi Wali, among others, with a view to tackle the issue of street begging in the state.

“As the committee resumed work, Ndatsu was transferred from Kano State and the move died naturally. After the return of democracy, many governments have made efforts to address this problem but all were in vain due to some reasons. Sheikh Ibrahim insisted that the right steps to ensure effective ban on street begging in the state have not been taken by the government, hence the failure.

“The right steps to follow include firstly, the real Quranic scholars who are really manning Tsangaya and Qur’anic schools in the state have to be identified. Thi is because there are street beggers who are really Quranic students, and there are those sent by their parents from the rural areas to come and beg in the urban areas. There are also physically challenged persons who engage in street begging because of their deformity. So, all these have to be identified first and categorized.”

Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ban-on-street-begging-forces-almajiri-to-dumpsites.html

The north should accept restructuring and focus on the problems of the northern youth.

Unhealthy birth control coupled with religious culture is contributing to more poverty in the north.

Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanussi has spoken about this issues but majority of the elites up north do not want to give him a listening ear.

So long as they keep day dreaming over crude oil those young ones will continue to eat from the garbage bin.

NORTHERN YOUNG MEN HAVE TAKEN OVER STREET OKADA ( MOTOR CYCLE RIDING BUSINESS ) IN MOST OF THE TOWNS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF NIGERIA.

This seems to suggest the extreme nature of poverty in the north.

Meanwhile, the Buhari government is promoting nepotism to the highest order favouring his northern brothers and sisters with juicy federal government positions.

Pls, there's nothing like "clean waters".

Arrewa:
the north is getting better and keep getting better.. At least our leaders are now waking up and doing what they're are supposed to do... But what I don't understand is these propaganda and fabricated fake news used in energising ipob thugs to have cheap point in insulting the north... Instead of facing their region that is being ruin by their selfish politicians! Their problem is north... They don't good roads, they don't have clean waters, they have large number of beggars in abakiliki yet their problem is north... Always on Nairaland fabricating fake news about the north

The north is destroyed beyond repair and it will take the new generation of northern Nigeria 50 years more to compete with the southern counterparts. But every thing biafra is here

Arrewa:
why do you adore fake news so much

You should even more concern about your region...

Underdevelopment is seriously hitting your region...
Northerners are making effort in solving their problems... You what are doing to stop the Underdevelopment that is hitting your region Do you have clean water?? Diseases and poverty is waxing stronger in your region... Why are you not concern about that...??

you see that woman breaking stone is into big business, the beauty of it is that she will use the money earned from the stone business to get quality education and build a great future, unlike Hausa/fulani that will end up not giving the child education, creating more abject poverty for his people. Arewa is a doomed region.

NextD18:
The problem and major cause of poverty in the North is that most parents there are illiterate and lazy at the same time.

They only focus and channel all their strength on Religion without thinking for the betterment of their kids and family.

Na true you talk.

TheExecutioner:
These are your blood relatives you're yabbing like this. Or are you now ashamed of being an aboki muslim?

You were saying you are Igbo Muslim? Or ayam not understanding

Arrewa:
Almajiri system in the north is dying a natural death even before Ganduje officially ban their activities...

This news is fake as Aba product... You guys will just sit somehow to fabricate fake news just to prove to your gullible brothers that the north is poor and not better than the south east

Now let me burst your head... With or without almajiri.... Kano alone is by far better than all the south south and south east states put together

What did you smoke this morning Kano alone better than Rivers,Aks, Enugu, Imo etc, have you ever seen an Ijaw or Ibibio man in Kano begging with plastic plate or doing "onye mburu", if you truly want to improve the core north , then this your propaganda of showing fine pictures of fair yarinyas is not the way

Vivuch:
you see that woman breaking stone is into big business, the beauty of it is that she will use the money earned from the stone business to get quality education and build a great future, unlike Hausa/fulani that will end up not giving the child education, creating more abject poverty for his people. Arewa is a doomed region.

like this??

GreatResearcher:
list them.

Terrorism for one

nengibo:
Terrorism for one

East brought rituals. Or is ritual not part of Nigeria's problem?

Arrewa:
keep energising yourselves with fake news... Every single alimjiri is being taking back to their parents

Hahaha bashir Ahmed is at it again

I'm referring to you my friend. Why are you ashamed of being an a-boki? You shouldn't distance yourself from your family just because they're beggars.

helinues:
You were saying you are Igbo Muslim? Or ayam not understanding

Arrewa:
Almajiri system in the north is dying a natural death even before Ganduje officially ban their activities...

This news is fake as Aba product... You guys will just sit somehow to fabricate fake news just to prove to your gullible brothers that the north is poor and not better than the south east

Now let me burst your head... With or without almajiri.... Kano alone is by far better than all the south south and south east states put together

Nobody is competing with you. You can't compete with nonsense. Your society is built on rotting foundations, as long as the family structure is the way it is. Go and teach your people to raise their children.

nengibo:
What did you smoke this morning Kano alone better than Rivers,Aks, Enugu, Imo etc, have you ever seen an Ijaw or Ibibio man in Kano begging with plastic plate or doing "onye mburu", if you truly want to improve the core north , then this your propaganda of showing fine pictures of fair yarinyas is not the way

I have seen many igbo beggars in Ebonyi, onitsha and Enugu

Una get beggars chook! Stop pretending I know the south more than you think!

Their fathers need to be castrated

Does the children not have parents?

A northerner prefer to be religious to being reach. Islam really enslaved them .

Arrewa:
Almajiri system in the north is dying a natural death even before Ganduje officially ban their activities...t

This news is fake as Aba product... You guys will just sit somewhere to fabricate fake news just to prove to your gullible brothers that the north is poor and not better than the south east

Now let me burst your head... With or without almajiri.... Kano alone is by far better than all the south south and south east states put together

Since kano is far better pls come n carry your dolt beggers out of our region....they love begging n have association pls we don't need them.

TheExecutioner:
I'm referring to you my friend. Why are you ashamed of being an a-boki? You shouldn't distance yourself from your family just because they're beggars.

Would have been proud to claim one if I were to be.

GGirll:
Since kano is far better pls come n carry your dolt beggers out of our region....they love begging n have association pls we don't need them.

go and tell that to Nigerein government

They are begging because people will surely give them money, if they don't see money they won't beg.

GreatResearcher:
East brought rituals. Or is ritual not part of Nigeria's problem?

I'm not from the east, but ritual killings is more prevalent in the west, and it's still present in the North

A mixture of North amd Islam and you yet the worst set of humans ever.

Arrewa:
I have seen many igbo beggars in Ebonyi, onitsha and Enugu

Una get beggars chook! Stop pretending I know the south more than you think!

The question was have you seen an Ijaw man, Ibibio, Yoruba, Igbo who was transported to the north for the sole reason of begging with plastic plate

Like 99% of BMC headslammers, you're an a-boki who's ashamed of his roots. Shame on you.

helinues:
Would have been proud to claim one if I were to be.

Hatred among Nigerians! This country is due. Division is the key! Every man dey him dey

Supan:
Arrewa will tell you, they are Nigerians and Chadians... scum of a people

The few NGOs that occasionally reach out to them are even southern owned. Yet their learned colleagues like arrewa them will never be grateful. Keep on hating the south. It will consume you all totally and it's doing so already.

That one that posted a Ghanaian policewoman as a hausa fulani