…Says Illiteracy A Ticking Time Bomb, It Will Consume Every One Of Us
As the #EndBadGovernance protests gradually lose steam and heads homestretch, Nasarawa Governor Abdullahi Sule has raised an alarm over the role played by Illiteracy in fueling the protest in the north.
He dropped a bombshell that most of the protesters during the protest in the north were Almajiris who knew nothing about the rallies.
Consequently, he charged the north to address its challenges, which he described as a keg of gunpowder before it consume us.
“During this last protest that we had in Lafia, the majority of those that came out on the streets were the Almajiris – some of them five years old, seven years old, nine years old.
“A lot of them didn’t even understand the meaning of the protest. When I spoke with them later, they didn’t even know what they were protesting against”bthe governor said on Thursday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.
Continuing, the governor said one of the ways to address the level of illiteracy in the north, is to educate the people.
He said the protests are an eye-opener for leaders in the region, tasking them to double up their efforts in fixing issues affecting them.
“So, we must sit down. At one point in the year 2020, we sat down as the governors and took the decision about the Almajiris. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out well. They went back to square one,” Governor Sule said.
“Some of the religious leaders criticized it. But from what happened now, I don’t believe anybody will continue to criticize actions that will be taken in order to move forward. Otherwise, it’s a ticking time bomb, it will come and consume every one of us.”
“One of the biggest problems we have in the north, from the day I came, is the idea of education and the one we are still pushing on,” Sule said.
“When people actually don’t have education and don’t have economic empowerment, these people will continue to behave the way these Almajiri actually behaved during this protest. So, education must be taken seriously in the North. We must be honest with one another.”
