“Almajiri has
nothing to do with Islam but an issue of poverty on the part of parents”
were the words of the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Sa’ad Abubakar
yesterday.
Speaking yesterday
in Kaduna, the Sultan maintained that it is the abject state of poverty
of most parents that makes it impossible for them to send their children
to school, thus making them go begging on the streets.
While chairing a
meeting geared towards the girl child education of the Sultan Foundation
for Peace and Development, the UNICEF and education representatives
from the 19 northern states, the royal father stressed that educated
women are much of a better asset than uneducated women and most times
educated men.
On girl child
education, the Sultan queried, “why should our girls be turned to street
hawkers? We must work hard to make sure that our girls are better than
us. It is pathetic that in the northern region, we don’t pay attention
to girls education, as far as I am concerned, a female doctor is of more
value than a male doctor. This is why we are putting necessary measures
in place to have an all-female university in Sokoto State in which
government must play a leading role,” he stated.
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