Sokoto, Zamfara and WAEC

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SIR: This story should concern every Nigerian all over the world. The Almajiri system is and has been producing a generation of disenfranchised young men who have nothing to lose. One of my unclassified work as an Intelligence Analyst in the United States Army was to answer the question – who are the Boko Haram fighters and what was fueling the insurgency in Nigeria? I painted a profile of the Boko Haram fighters and other actors responsible for the breakdown of Nigeria’s security architecture like the herdsmen. A common denominator in Nigeria’s security challenge is the Almajiri. The Almajiri…

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