Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday lamented the growing insecurity in the North, blaming high rate of out-of-school children for banditry and insurgency in the region.
Lawan expressed fears that insurgency and other security issues might continue in the region unless there was a deliberate effort to send children to school.
The lawmaker said, “If we are fighting insurgency, we must be looking at the sources of recruitment. The recruits are there. Children below 17 years who are supposed to be in school are now roaming the streets.
“Even though it is controversial, the time has come for the Almajiri system established over 100 years ago to be considered and see how we can work out a system that will ensure the system should not continue in the way and manner it is today. Read more
