The decision of the Federal Government to proscribe the Almajiri system because of rising insecurity has pitched two northern groups against each other. While the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has sided with President Muhammadu Buhari’s intention to overhaul the Almajiri system of education, another northern group, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation, has warned against outlawing the system. The body said it aligned itself to Buhari’s concern on the need to rejig the Almajiri system of schooling that would provide free and compulsory education across the country. It said, “Indeed, the forum has, over the years, advocated improvement of the Almajiri system of learning amid the western educational system for performance. But the Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation urged the Federal Government to provide an alternative system before contemplating banning the Almajiri system.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 23, 2019 05:48 UTC