The Almajiri System and Insurgency in the Northern Nigeria: A Reconstruction of the Existing Narratives for Policy Direction by Usman, Abbo, Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah, Njidda, Bashir A

“…The Almajiri phenomenon represents one of the messy and wicked problem thwarting the policy maker’s effort of addressing the problems of youth restiveness, disaffectedness and insurgency in Northern Nigeria. While there is lack of empirical studies on the linkage between the Almajiri system and violence in Northern Nigeria, three conflicting narratives on the issue exists which instead of unrevealing the dilemma has further throw the policy makers into conundrum. …”
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A Proposed Framework of Unemployment and Youth Restiveness in the North-Eastern Nigeria: Exloring the Role of the “Almajiri” Culture by Abbo, Usman, Romle, Abd Rahim

“…More so as unemployment in Nigeria increase by 16% from 2011 to 2013 representing 39.9%, with youth unemployment representing 50% of this, where the north-eastern region continue to manifest the worst poverty rate compare to the other five geo-political zones couple with the existence of about 10 million “Almajiris” in the entire northern region which is much more than the total population of Sweden and the result of several investigation panels revealing the involvement of “Almajiri” in most of the violence occurring in the northern region from 1980 to 2010, where the vulnerability of the “Almajiri” due to abject poverty makes them a tool for unleashing violence by some unscrupulouselements. …”
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