Thread by @adamugarba

My son, Bapetel, 7 proudly studying Quran in a typical almajiri way, using his Allo. This was in my house in Yola.

In doing so, he’s continuing a tradition of his family.

Real almajiris don’t beg. Begging was a bad practice introduced in almajiranci. It needs reform not ban.

Another video of them with my son in blue-black striped polo shirt.

Almajirance is a hallmark of my family. My father recites full Qur’an with some Malams everyday. Qur’an is the strength of my family, starting through the Almajiranci.

Almajiriranci need reform not banning.

Once you betray your roots, you’ll never get it right.

Almost all Muslims from the North, came from almajiri background, now we learn English, we want to betray our roots. That is bad & unnecessary.

We should work together to make the tree that birthed us better not destroy it.

Only an illegitimate son can condemn his family in public.

Only a bad fruit can seek to destroy the tree that birthed it

Any society that betray his roots & alienate its source due to ephemeral gains will always find things upside down

We have to go back to basics with reforms

The North need to come together, listen to the plight of almajiri’s, support them, reform them & organize the system to fit to modernity.

Govt at all level need to recognize them & have ministry of education budget with them.

We should be true sons of daughters of our roots.

Almajiri is who we are, where we came from. We should not be ashamed of associating with almajiri & condemning them to obscurity. Almajiri’s are sons & daughters, they are human, they are, above all, Nigerians.

They are students, unlike you, they chose the Quran, respect them.

Why would someone chose to asked a father of children who wished to send their wards to learn Quran to be arrested? Wasn’t that insensitive?

We should be guided accordingly.