Perhaps, the North should also be told that the pre-Sokoto Jihad mindset cannot work anymore. The Muslim world has moved on. Saudi Arabia, the custodian of Islam, has its citizens studying in the best universities in the world. And, the great citadels of learning have campuses in the Middle East… Several Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia and the gulf states are literally driving hypermodernity in the world today.
Who will save the North from itself? The truth is: No one but the North can, and they have a small window of opportunity to do so before they are consumed by self-inflicted crises. In December 2019, Jigawa State, with 800,000 out-of-school children called for bids to build 95 mosques, instead of 95 schools. That was neither reasonable nor modern. Together the North-East and North-West states have about 10 million, out of the nation-wide 13.5 million, out-of-school children.
For the political class, the politics of having a ready vote bank that can be tapped for political capital and electability far outweighs the egalitarian outcome of overall development. The need for relevance, power and control by the clerical establishment fueled their opposition to change. Personal gain by the symbionts overrode the public good.
Within hours, Monguno’s well intentioned and reasoned arguments were branded as a fight against Islam and a way of life. The outcry from the political and religious establishment was unmistakable and clear. The federal government then caved under pressure and abandoned the idea. The status quo remained. For the political class, the politics of having a ready vote bank that can be tapped for political capital and electability far outweighs the egalitarian outcome of overall development.
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