In Sokoto, children stay out of school for as little as N200 | TheCable bit.ly/2TDSttL Cc: @AWTambuwal, @DrAhmadLawan, @MBuhari, @UNICEF 
For most part of the week, Maccido is under the hot sun in the streets of Sokoto struggling to see that he returns home with any money he can get from hawking sachet water for his upkeep and — more importantly — that of his fmaily.
He told TheCable he hits the ground running as early as 7am sometimes, joining two of his friends, both selling sachet water, to roam the city of the Caliphate, mainly along the Sokoto-Gusau road. bit.ly/2TDSttL via @thecableng
On a few occasions, like in the hot afternoon he met TheCable reporter, Maccido attends school but only for a few hours. Before 12noon, he is already back in the streets, with a bowl of sachet water sitting on his head. bit.ly/2TDSttL via @thecableng
He said he left before the close of school on the directive of his mother who asked him to return to selling satchet water so he could have enough earnings before the day is far spent, at least to make up for the little time he has “wasted” in the classroom.
Most of the kids who were seen during school hours involved in one form of labour or another — mostly hawking — in the streets of Sokoto, told TheCable they were sent by their parents.
