The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has praised former President Goodluck Jonathan’s attempts at ending the Almajiri system through construction of schools in Northern Nigeria.
The group blamed Northern Governors for showing no political will to end the system.
The group made its position known in a statement signed by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola and available to newsmen. It said, “While we commend the Jonathan administration for building al-Majiri schools in some parts of the North, Northern governors must be held responsible both for the misuse and disuse of those structures.
“Most of the al-majiri schools are lying fallow today while some have been converted to other uses. This is most unfortunate. The Buhari administration must also intervene by initiating a special project for the almajiranci.”
It said that the number of children involved in the al-majiri system has been rated at over ten million. “Recent studies have revealed that kids metamorphose from this ugly phenomenon to members of street gangs.
“It is strongly suspected that many al-majiri children are now commanders in the dreaded Boko Haram insurgency.”
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) frowns at the poorly arranged educational system which resulted in the al-majiri syndrome. “It is escapist, pernicious, retrogressive, counter-productive and inhuman,” it eplained.
The statement said that Al-majiri as practiced in Northern Nigeria today was a bastardisation of the Islamic education system.
“Although the word is originally from ‘al-muhajirun’, that is, migrants, a reference to the early Muslims who followed Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) from Makkah to seek refuge in Madinah in 622 C.E., it is now used to refer to child beggars. These are children whose parents gave them out to teachers to learn the rudiments of Islam.
“Unfortunately the system has bread poverty, homelessness and hopelessness. It has produced a fi sabilillahi mentality plus an army of vagabonds and a battalion of bowl-carrying kids always roaming the streets aimlessly. It ends up breeding hunger, squalor and the resultant disease.
“For example, in places like Azare, Bauchi, al-majiris tie bowls to their clothes and beg for just anything, anything at all. In places like Maiduguri, Borno State, they offer to carry bags for strangers and they are ready to assist in doing house chores for a whole day once a meal is guaranteed. Older al-majiris in Maiduguri area sell sachet water while some do scavenging and sell whatever they find to recyclers,” it noted.
It lamented that in thunder, rain and flood, al-majiri children crowd up in open spaces to spend the night.
“The few who find shelter share single mosquito-infested rooms with scores of others. They are prone to all sorts of contagious diseases. Their personal safety cannot be guaranteed and many fall into the hands of bad gangs, like the notorious Yandaba boys of Kano,” the statement observed.
“It cannot be called Islamic education in any sense as the focus of the children involved is fully on begging, searching for food and making a living. It makes mockery of the institution of parenthood as envisaged in Islam.
“The Qur’an commands parents to take charge of the educational, social and economic responsibilities of their children from infancy till they reach the age of full maturity and capability.
“This age is forty years (Qur’an 2:233 and 46:15). It is therefore the height of abdication of parental responsibility to give out children to Islamic teachers without caring for the needs of such children and without paying the teachers for their services. No wonder the teachers end up exploiting the children for their personal needs.
“MURIC exhorts Northern governors to come up with a master plan capable of resolving the al-majiri debacle once and for all.
“This plan should take cognizance of the need for a census of all those involved in the system, buildings to be used as hostels, modern structures to be used as schools, adequate remuneration for the Islamic teachers, free feeding and capacity building for the kids, among others.
“In the final analysis, the blame rests squarely on Northern politicians dead and alive for failing to see the threat coming and for their inability to evolve a means of combating it and bringing it to a halt. It may have been callous and myopic, but the present crop of politicians must not repeat the mistakes of history. Al-majiris must be reined in if the North really wants Boko Haram and gangsterism to become history,” the group explained.

http://dailypost.ng/2018/03/14/almajiri-muslim-group-hails-goodluck-jonathan-blames-northern-governors-indifferent/

So some people can acknowledge the truth

Finally blind are seeing

If we want to move forward in this country it's as simple as seeing beyond tribe and religion, admonishing and applauding when it necessary. I praise MURIC for this statement, and I hope that in this coming elections we will look beyoung tribe and religion.

These same almajiris are armed with multiple PVCs as underaged voters to help install and re-install those who are partly responsible for their situation as leaders at the Federal level.
It is a cycle that's tough to break from state and federal level. Once a group of individual benefit from the suffering of others, it become much harder for the sufferers to break free.

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) frowns at the poorly arranged educational system which resulted in the al-majiri syndrome. “It is escapist, pernicious, retrogressive, counter-productive and inhuman,” it eplained.
"...................statement said that Al-majiri as practiced in Northern Nigeria today was a bastardisation of the Islamic education system.........
“Unfortunately the system has bread poverty, homelessness and hopelessness. It has produced a fi sabilillahi mentality plus an army of vagabonds and a battalion of bowl-carrying kids always roaming the streets aimlessly. It ends up breeding hunger, squalor and the resultant disease."
Ok! So you guys knew this is the end result Make una continue.

While we commend the Jonathan administration for building al-Majiri schools in some parts of the North, Northern governors must be held responsible both for the misuse and disuse of those structures.
“Most of the al-majiri schools are lying fallow today while some have been converted to other uses. This is most unfortunate. The Buhari administration must also intervene by initiating a special project for the almajiranci.”
Well the choice was laid bare before them but the corner stone was rejected.Guess the difference is crystal clear now

Simply a way of taking a jib at PMB, they know he won't be happy when he sees the message. Its a clear way of telling PMB that we hated GEJ but you are worst because at least we can say one good thing about him but not about you or any of our Governors

Is this really from the sick MUMURIC ? I'm shocked.

The same set of people that vilified him , called him an infidel are now singing his praise ?

This is really wonderful and looks like I'm in dream land!!

Somebody pinch me to confirm I'm not hallucinating or in dream land ...


God is really fighting for GEJ ..

What a time to be alive..

Sarkki come and see your fellow zombie receiving their healing oooo

Yawn...

The northern leaders knows that the moment the Almajari are educated ..

Their grip on them will be lost and their relevance during election time is diminished ..

Hence their lackadaisical attitude to make the education system work..

For once MURIC is making sense and dealing with the issue head long ...

Hope this their new found sanity lasts

Confession time

GEJ is a true Democrat

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i don't like yeroba Muslims kapish

Believe MURIC at your own risk.

They are an arm of the APC and have been campaigning for them. This is just psychology they are using on unsuspecting members of the public so that when they start to campaign for APC again, they will claim to have called out the government in the past.

Are these not the people never see any thing good about gej administration
Who has done more for the almajiri islamic shildren
Like for muslim buhari
Share for christian gej

I blame every poor northern Muslim parents. Give birth to only the number of kids u can adequately see to their needs. Stop marrying many wives and littering kids everywhere like rabbits. For if they eventually join Boko haram, your head will be use for shooting practice.

Yeye goats...


Una eyes don dey clear abi?

they're ipob yewts.

Are they just waking from their slumber

Commending him is not enough. Yes he tried on that.

What about you? What are you also doing to end the system? That's the most crucial.

Jonathan won the last election

BMC crew right now " that's never true!!; they r ipob youths"

our followers (the zombies), will never indulge in such...!

The first time muric will say the truth. And you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.

Surprise dey catch me. MURIC are finally now blaming those that should be blamed on the first place.. Thier governors

APC will not like this...

A party built on falsehood and propaganda...

Redoil:
Are these not the people never see any thing good about gej administration
Who has done more for the almajiri islamic shildren
Like for muslim buhari
Share for christian gej

Does like and share put money in ur pocket?

For once, MURIC is making sense