The Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Bashir Dalhatu, has blamed the problem of insecurity in the north on the growing number of out-of-school children in the region.
According to him, there are over 15 million children in the region roaming the streets without education, saying they are responsible for banditry and terrorism affecting the region.
Dalhatu spoke during an interview on Arise TV on Friday. The ACF chairman had earlier called on the federal government to grant amnesty to bandits and terrorists carrying arms against the country.
He said it is necessary to grant amnesty to the militants, the same way amnesty was granted to the Niger Delta militants by late President Umaru Yar’adua, he urged the government to apply both kinetic and non-kinectic method to address the problem..
Speaking on the insecurity in the region, Dalhatu said the story could have been different if the youths are educated, saying some of them took to criminality because they lacked formal education.
“We have fifteen million out-of-school children roaming the streets. If we had taken care of that, it would not have gotten out of hand,” he said
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