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10 Million Northern Children Are Beggars - Gov Sule Speaks Against Almajiri System

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state, North Central Nigeria has vehemently spoken against the Almajiri system, which makes children beg on the streets for food and means of sustenance.

The governor, who is less than three months in office stated that no fewer than 10 million Northern children are beggars.

More reports by Vanguard have it that; The governor, who spoke when he  appeared on  a programme,  said  the concept of Almajiri system of education in Nigeria especially in the north was simply to beg  on the streets  rather than acquire the Islamic education or study the Quran.

Sule said: “It must be established that it is a crime to abuse a child, it is a crime to bring children to this world and send them into Almajiri system (begging)  where you cannot take care of them. That is what we are trying to do. Parents must take responsibility. You can’t bring children to this world and dump them somewhere and expect somebody else to take care of them, so parents must not shy away from responsibility.”



The governor said in Nasarawa State where Almajiri system had become a menace and security threat, his government was approaching insecurity in three different ways  including providing jobs through agriculture, vocational and technical skills as well as ensuring that parents who sent their children to Almajiri school were able to take care of such children.

The governor vowed that Nasarawa under his leadership would make sure that begging on the street was a crime, stressing that the rights of children must be protected, adding that begging was not part of the concept of Almajiri system of Islamic education and blamed parents who abandoned  them on the streets to become beggars.

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