ATIKU PLEDGES SCHOLARSHIP TO VIRAL NIGER TEEN MINER. (PHOTO).
Atiku pledges scholarship to viral Niger teen miner Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday said his “heart breaks” each time he watches a viral video of a teenage artisanal miner, Yusuf Aliyu, speaking at a mining site in Niger State after the deaths of 37 miners in the state. Atiku, in a statement posted on his X handle, said he was prepared to support the boy’s education, describing him as a child whose intelligence and confidence should be nurtured in a classroom rather than by working at a mining site. “I have watched Yusuf Aliyu’s video repeatedly, and each time, my heart breaks. A child with such intelligence, clarity and confidence should be in a classroom building his future—not struggling for survival in a community surrounded by gold but buried in poverty. “I cannot look at him and see an ‘illegal miner.’ I see a Nigerian child failed by the country that should have protected him. I see brilliance trapped by poverty and enormous promise abandoned by leadership,” ...
Today wednesday,Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state ordered the immediate closure of two churches,two schools and a hospital at Saminaka,Lere Local Government Area over brewing leadership crisis rocking the churches.The affected churches and missionary schools Theological Seminary of Northern Nigeria {TSNN},Saminaka:Shalom Comprehensive College,Assemblies of God Church,Nmbare,Saminaka,Assemblies of God church {Jerusalem},and AGC Evangelist Hospital.The state government noted that the leadership crisis had led to a break down of law and order in the churches,raised tensions between the followers of the rival camps and enveloped students of the church owned schools and seminary.A statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the governor,Samuel Aruwan said the Kaduna State Security Council at its 15th meeting held at Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House,deliberated on the leadership crisis in the Assemblies of God church in AGC Saminaka District,Lere local government area of the state in the context of preventing threats to the peace and stability of the state.It was against this background that security council meeting reviewed previous efforts made and resolved to take precautionary steps to preserve peace,hence the decision to close down the affected churches and schools.It also stated that it took the decision out of concern for the common good and the peace and security of Kaduna state.The state government also emphasised that if the crisis is left unchecked,the growing tension may degenerate into total breakdown of law and order in the said area,with the potential to spread to other parts of the state.However,as a result of these measures,the students affected will be admitted into government schools.The government directed that the status quo with regards to farmlands,houses and other assets of the church remain pending the resolution of the leadership crisis,which is a matter before the Supreme Court.While reiterating that it will not tolerate the use of religion and ethnicity to cause crisis in the state,the government equally stressed that it will prosecute anyone,no matter his or her standing,that foments crisis in whatever form in the state.
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