Contrary to the prevailing stereotype that the northern region does not want western education, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi 11, yesterday said the British were the ones who did not want to educate the North.

Speaking at the 60th anniversary, Founder’s Day Lecture and Magazine launch of the Kaduna Capital School, the Emir said that the northern region was defined and stereotyped as conservative and against western education. He quoted a statement by the secretary of states for the colonies as saying, “The purpose of the British administration in Northern Nigeria is to assist native administration to promote the true happiness and wellbeing of their people and not education and material development”.

He said, “The Sokoto caliphate was more literate than its learned pre-colonial neighbours and a social welfare system supported scholars and students across the caliphate. If many people can remember, Sultan Bello and Shehu Danfodio set up the first university in this part of the world where a lot of the bureaucrats who ran the emirate were trained in fields including Law, Hadith, Quran, Linguistics and Administration. Unfortunately, by the end of the colonial rule, the society became so backward that it could no longer compete with other parts of middle independent Nigeria. Because the situation is no better today, north-western and north-eastern Nigeria are considered the most education disadvantaged zones in the country and among the most disadvantaged areas in the world.

“The British established indirect rule and used local rulers to administer the colony. It was successful in northern Nigeria; hence, there is this false notion that emirs supported every colonial policy. In Kano, the Emir Abbas who submitted to the British following the civil war, tried to maintain the Islamic character of the Emirate despite colonial onslaught. He refused to compromise his Islamic position and because of that, many people thought Emir Abbas was opposed to western education. This was an emir who removed his son Abdulkadir who was the Ciroman Kano and sent him to a western school.

“Even on girls’ education, all the daughters of Emir Abdullahi Bayero were enrolled in Gidan Makama School in 1930. The princesses in Ilorin went to school before the princesses in other parts of the North. The families also never objected to the Catholic Schools. I went to a Catholic school.

“Emir Abdullahi Bayero pioneered many of the projects transiting Kano into the modern era; he established the first independent power plant and first water works in Northern Nigeria but people forget that one of his greatest contributions was in the area of education as he was the first leader who had the vision of integrating Islamic and western education. In 1928, he established the first school in the North that began the integration of Islamic and Western education under the leadership of Alhaji Suleiman who became the Wali of Kano,” he said.

Emir Sanusi maintained that any government that does not give priority to education and healthcare is simply implementing the anti-North policies of the British Colonial masters.

“The only thing that can unlock all the problems of the North is education. In fact, God will reward you more for educating the people than building mosques for them. The northern governors must begin to think of the 19 northern states as one economy, build institutions that will bring students together from across the Northern region”, he said.


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Rilwayne001:
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if i send you an invite to the KINGDOM OF UNITED STATE OF AMERICA, can you make it as a muslim.... I am ready to send you an invite

That's funny how he through in that jab at Jigawa governor. Anyway after colonial government departed why is education still lagging behind. The people are religious so you'd expect literacy to be higher so they can read their Quran.

Hasn't their been government programs to improve education? Assuming it's no squandered or put in someone's swiss account. Private school pick up slack in Southern Nigeria.

The Emir present interesting arguements.

Emir Sanusi maintained that any government that does not give priority to education and healthcare is simply implementing the anti-North policies of the British Colonial masters.

“The only thing that can unlock all the problems of the North is education. In fact, God will reward you more for educating the people than building mosques for them. The northern governors must begin to think of the 19 northern states as one economy, build institutions that will bring students together from across the Northern region”, he said.

Ode.
Always talking wt both sides of their mouth.
Are d colonial masters still preventing d northerners from going to school up till today?
Come to Keffi in Nassarawa state,dominated by muslim northeners,50km to Abuja town,25km to Nyanya,yet children of school age still carry bowls and go into d streets every morning in d name of almajiri,wt no form of formal education.

its a lie..... Muslims say western education is a sin "boko haram" they are the ones who rejected western education.

LORDOFAFONJAS:

if i send you an invite to the KINGDOM OF UNITED STATE OF AMERICA, can you make it as a muslim.... I am ready to send you an invite

Of course yes. Kindly send it.

Rubbish talk. North enjoy higher privileges under them than other regions.

Rilwayne001 are you a northerner? Because base on the article above Illorin is classified as north since early 19s.

Rubbish talk.

And GEJ was trying to give them FREE education but they choose a legendary herdsman who's punishing them with untold hardship and poverty.


BTW, Mallam na Mallam



Long live the Emir of Kano!

They tried it but yoi chose to run after the cows, into the bush.

colonial master only gave the north nomadic training.
so slaughtering is part of it

FriendChoice:
Rilwayne001 are you a northerner? Because base on the article above Illorin is classified as north since early 19s.

The capital was occupied by the Royal Niger Company in 1897 and its lands were incorporated into the British colony of Northern Nigeria in 1900, https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilorin

And from the same link: Ilorin is the state capital of Kwara in Western Nigeria.

CplusJason:
And GEJ was trying to give them FREE education but they choose a legendary herdsman who's punishing them with untold hardship and poverty.


BTW, Mallam na Mallam



Long live the Emir of Kano!

Which 1 is free education?

So during the ineffectual Buffon education is free in northern Nigeria. Haha I laugh in Otoeke haha

Haha, thought a former minister of northern extraction made a statement which suggested that southerners were in a mad rush to acquire education for nothing. Their eyes don clear? When other parts of the country were acquiring education, the North held onto the military like it was their birthright and thru it they were able to change governments upon governments thru the instrumentality of coups...

Somebody should pls tell Emir Sanusi that he can't ve his cake and eat it at the same time. The status quo even favored and still favors the elite in the north because it is the only means thru which they can continue to subject their masses to all manners of misinformation and poverty...

Rilwayne001:


The capital was occupied by the Royal Niger Company in 1897 and its lands were incorporated into the British colony of Northern Nigeria in 1900, https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilorin

And from the same link: Ilorin is the state capital of Kwara in Western Nigeria.

You first failed the question. I said "Are you a northerner? "

Secondly: I said the article above or are you blind? Let me help you quote it.

“Even on girls’ education, all the daughters of Emir Abdullahi Bayero were enrolled in Gidan Makama School in 1930. The princesses in Ilorin went to
school before the princesses in other parts of the North. The families also never objected to the Catholic Schools. I went to a Catholic school.

Finally: Your Wikipedia link is not working.

FriendChoice:


Which 1 is free education?

So during the ineffectual Buffon education is free in northern Nigeria. Haha I laugh in Otoeke haha

almajiri schools were free.
But as a Taqqiya muslim that U are,U will prefer to lie about it.

dokyOloye:
almajiri schools were free.
But as a Taqqiya muslim that U are,U will prefer to lie about it.

And how much is Almajiri school now? I have never seen any Almajiri School only on Nairaland. So before Gej we are not enrol into the education system.

How old is University Of Maiduguri? (The centre of insurgency?)

How old is Bayero University Of Kano ? (Core Northern State)


How old is Abu, Unijos, Unilorin?

All aforementioned were built by Gej?

FriendChoice:

You first failed the question. I said "Are you a northerner? "

No, i am not a Northerner.

Secondly: I said the article above or are you blind? Let me help you quote it.

No, i am not blind. I was actually trying to connect what was said in the article about Ilorin with what we have on that Wikipedia link. The underlined part in my earlier post should make it obvious that your question was answered.

Finally: Your Wikipedia link is not working.

Sorry, i actually edited it. This should do: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilorin

MONITZ:
Haha, thought a former minister of northern extraction made a statement which suggested that southerners were in a mad rush to acquire education for nothing. Their eyes don clear? When other parts of the country were acquiring education, the North held onto the military like it was their birthright and thru it they were able to change governments upon governments thru the instrumentality of coups...

Somebody should pls tell Emir Dania that he can't ve his cake and eat it at the same time. The status quo even favored and still favors the elite in the north because it is the only means thru which they can continue to subject their masses to all manners of misinformation and poverty...

Nicely put.

Rilwayne001:


No, i am not a Northerner.

So what are you ? An indigene of Kwara belongs to which part of Nigeria?

No, i am not blind. I was actually trying to connect what was said in the article about Ilorin with what we have on that Wikipedia link. The underlined part in my earlier post should make it obvious that your question was answered.

According to the link illorin become North for the past one hundred and 17 years (More than a century) ?

Blue3k:
That's funny how he through in that jab at Jigawa governor. Anyway after colonial government departed why is education still lagging behind. The people are religious so you'd expect literacy to be higher so they can read their Quran.

Hasn't their been government programs to improve education? Assuming it's no squandered or put in someone's swiss account. Private school pick up slack in Southern Nigeria.

The Emir present interesting arguements.

They don't necessarily need to read the quran for themselves especially at that almajiri level, all they do is rote learning and reproduction of sounds. The moment they get d sounds n pronunciation of the Arabic words right, their teachers and imams interprete whatever catches their fancy and sets then up as catastrophes waiting to happen.

FriendChoice:


And how much is Almajiri school now? I have never seen any Almajiri School only in Nairaland.

U said U r not a northener,so hw can u know abt almajiri school?

dokyOloye:
U said U r not a northener,so hw can u know abt almajiri school?

When and Where did I said so? I have modified my post, thus adding more details to it.

dokyOloye:
almajiri schools were free.
But as a Taqqiya muslim that U are,U will prefer to lie about it.

If he like make he slam e forehead 5times for ground.......


Na you get time to dey answer the slowpoke.

FriendChoice:


And how much is Almajiri school now? I have never seen any Almajiri School only on Nairaland. So before Gej we are not enrol into the education system.

How old is University Of Maiduguri? (The centre of insurgency?)

How old is Bayero University Of Kano ? (Core Northern State)


How old is Abu, Unijos, Unilorin?

All aforementioned were built by Gej?

Keep living in denial... 11m northern kids aren't enrolled in school.
Kano is the largest state in Naija, but it graduates fewer sec schl students than small states like Ebonyi and Ekiti.

Blue3k:
That's funny how he through in that jab at Jigawa governor. Anyway after colonial government departed why is education still lagging behind. The people are religious so you'd expect literacy to be higher so they can read their Quran.

Hasn't their been government programs to improve education? Assuming it's no squandered or put in someone's swiss account. Private school pick up slack in Southern Nigeria.

The Emir present interesting arguements.

Girls child education is free in Jigawa. They have two University now federal university dutse and Sule Lamido University. A state and federal polytechnic. College of education, school in nursing and school of health technology. The ones I know.

FriendChoice:


So what are you ?

Westerner.

An indigene of Kwara belongs to which part of Nigeria?

Kwara is not all about Ilorin alone. Ilorin as a matter of fact is closer to SW that North, and therefore is a south Western state, which automatically makes me one. We have other parts of kwara state that are closer to the north.

From the link i posted Ilorin is the state capital of Kwara in Western Nigeria. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilorin

According to the link illorin become North for the past one hundred and 17 years (More than a century) ?

It was incorporated, which means it was never part of the north. Get it?