Islam against roaming almajiri begging practice, says Sultan

Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has urged stakeholders to put politics aside and support Islamic and western education integration model initiative to bring to an end to the prevalence of street roaming Almajiris in the north. Speaking on Saturday at the closing ceremony of a 2-day validation workshop for the modernisation of the Almajiri- Nizamiyya Education system in Sokoto state, Abubakar said the sultanate council and key stakeholders must come together for the success of the initiative aimed at ending street begging in the state and northern Nigeria. The…