Sultan to train 200 Boko Haram orphans

By Sidi A. Umar

Sokoto

The Sultan of Sokoto and President, Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has pledged to train no fewer than 200 children orphaned by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East.
This is coming just as Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, representing Sokoto North senatorial district, has set up a special centre for the training of vulnerable married women in Wamakko town, headquarters of Wamakko local government area of the state.
A statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Bashir Rabe Mani and issued to newsmen in Sokoto said the disclosures were made in Sokoto at the opening of the 28th national conference of the Muslim Sisters Organisation of Nigeria, with the theme: “Muslim Women and Emerging Challenges .”
The Sultan said: “There are more than 50,000 of these orphans in various internally displaced persons camps in the North East and one will shed tears if you see them.
“So we are making arrangements to bring at least 200 of them to Sokoto and a house had already been prepared for them here.
“The aim of the gesture is to train them to any level of education they so desire, hence a bright future, as well a sense of belonging.”
The statement also quoted the Sultan as challenging the organisation to brainstorm on plausible ways to curb the high cost of marriages, high rate of divorce in the North, as well stemming the tide of drug abuse.
The Sultan further underscored the importance of girl child education, women empowerment and reduction of the vulnerability of women and children.
Also speaking, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko said he had established a Centre for Women Education and Empowerment in Wamakko town, with 41 married women graduating from it.
Represented by Professor Mukhtar Bunza of the History Department, Usmanu Danfodiyo University,

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