CONFLICTS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA (4): Govt should not expect anything better from the "almajiris" ... Akinlade, M. T. in this fourth edition of the discourse, stresses the need for investigative and objective journalism by the mass media to enable them to inform the populace on the exact demands of the insurgents.
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THE children neither go to school for Western education nor undergo vocational training for skill acquisition neither.
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They also have no moral in any respect as they hardly internalize the Qur'anic instruction.
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The view of Bozimo that "perhaps we pray knowing nothing about religion other than name" is useful in analyzing "almajiri".
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These children of alms are always at the mercy of peer and amoral influence. As they grow into adulthood, they part ways with their Mallam and graduate to potential hoodlum ready to terrorise the community at any point in time. They neither have worth nor value for themselves nor others.