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News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
Reports by Sani Idris, Kaduna
The TY Buratai Humanity Care Foundation has commended the Federal Government for reintroducing history in schools across the the country.
This was contained in a statement signed by the National Coordinator of the foundation, Ibrahim Dahiru-Danfulani, and issued to journalists on Monday in Kaduna.
He noted that the grand patron of the foundation himself is a historian.
He therefore congratulated all historians while urging all schools managements to as a matter of urgency commence the teaching of history as directed by the Federal Government.
Dahiru-Danfulani addded that according to their grand patron, Amb. Tukur Buratai, "History is a great unifier, it is a leadership developer and a national character moulder".
The Foundation congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Education Malam Adamu Adamu for the important decision
He called on parents to inculcate the knowledge of history in their children so as to be equipped with what happened in the past that would shape their today and prepare them for a better tomorrow.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Federal Government had reintroduced history as a stand-alone subject in the basic education curriculum in Nigeria 13 years after its abolition.
Adamu Adamu, minister of education, announced the reintroduction on November 24 at the reintroduction ceremony/training of history teachers at the basic education level.(NAN)
Sheikh Gumi: Vote those who won’t fight bandits, they are our people [Video]
Gumi had accused Christians in the military’s counter-insurgency/banditry campaign of being responsible for the killing of bandits.
With less than 2 months to the 2023 general elections, popular Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has told his congregation to vote for those who will not fight bandits if elected into office.
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What Gumi told his congregation: In a sermon, the controversial Islamic cleric urged Nigerians to vote for leaders who would negotiate with bandits when elected into office.
Who Gumi asks his people to vote: Describing bandits as “our people,” Gumi said Nigeria’s next set of leaders should negotiate and give bandits what they want for peace to reign.
What he said: “Don’t vote for those who will fight bandits. The fighters (bandits) are our people. So please vote for those who, after attaining power, will call and negotiate with our people (bandits) so as to give them what they want for peace to reign,” he said.
States affected by Banditry: Bandits have been ravaging some Northern States like Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, and Taraba.
They have abducted and killed some persons while collecting ransom worth millions of naira.
Who is Sheikh Gumi: Gumi is a prominent, yet controversial, Muslim cleric acting as a self-appointed middleman between bandits and the government. Gumi is the eldest son to late Shaykh Abubakar Gumi. He was born in Kano state. He came from a geneanalogy of islamic scholars with his father being the first Grand Khadi of the old Northern Region.
Before now Sheik Gumi, who rose to the rank of a captain as a doctor in the medical corps of the Nigerian Army, had accused Christians in the military’s counter-insurgency/banditry campaign of being responsible for the killing of bandits. It was a remark with the potential, if not the clear aim, to set off a sectarian war in the military. For quite a while, indeed, Sheik Gumi had come under sharp criticisms from Nigerians who view his mediatory role of appeasement as overtly conciliatory and accommodating of the outlaw activities of the terrorists.
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