The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday called on Saudi Arabia to partner with Nigeria in overhauling the education of Almajiri and out-of-school children.
Tinubu warned that failure to formally educate both population posed a direct threat to the country’s security.
The First Lady made the appeal when she received the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yousef Mohammed Al-Balawi, at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday.
Senior Special Assistant on Media to the First Lady, Busola Kukoyi, revealed details of the engagement in a statement she signed Thursday titled ‘First Lady of Nigeria Seeks Saudi Arabia’s Assistance with Out-of-School Children.’
According to Kukoyi, the First Lady said the proposed collaboration would combine Islamic Arabic teachings with formal Western education, a model she described as appropriate for the Almajiri system, which is rooted in Quranic instruction but largely disconnected from formal schooling and vocational pathways.
She stated, “I
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