According to the report from the Vanguard, the Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Northern Governor Forum, Abdullahi Sule identified a significant challenge in the northern region of Nigeria: the critical need for education and economic empowerment.
He attributed the disruptive behavior observed during the recent protests in the region, in part, to a lack of education.
Emphasizing the need for self-reflection and honest dialogue within the community, Sule argued that the practice of having numerous wives and children without the means to provide for them must be addressed.
He underscored that no religion, including Islam, encourages or permits such actions, as the Quran emphasizes that taking multiple wives is only permissible if one can adequately support and care for them.
Sule concluded that Islam does not condone having children without providing for their basic needs or sending them out to beg on the streets.
According to Abdullahi Sule, “One major problem in the north is education. When people do not have education and economic empowerment they will continue to behave the way the Almajiris behave during the last protest. Education must be taken seriously in the north. We must be honest with ourselves. We must face each another and say, sir marrying so so and so number of wives, having so so and so number of children when you cannot take care of them is wrong.
No religion actually promotes or allows that. The Quran did not make it compulsory, it says if you can, that’s if you can take care of them. Islam does not allow having children and sending them to the street to beg for food or livelihood.”