Malam Lawal Idris, a retired civil servant based in Abuja, has narrated the reasons why he sent his daughter to study in Sudan. It should be noted that Sudan has been in chaos, forcing the Federal Government of Nigeria to evacuate its citizens, students, from the war-ravaged country.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Trust Newspaper, the retiree claimed that Nigerians from the northern region and the Sudanese share a lot of cultural and religious similarities, which prompted him to send his daughter to the country for studies.
In his words, he said, “I took the decision due to cultural affinity. If you look at the Sudanese culture and that of some of us in northern Nigeria, we share a lot due to our Islamic religion. Although they speak Arabic, culturally, we don’t have much difference. Secondly, the security in the nation’s capital was quite remarkable. Cases of banditry and other anti-social activities were not prevalent there. I can recall that an uncle of my wife who happened to be a student there once told me that he moved freely around 3 a.m. without any harassment. He could go to a bank’s automated teller machine (ATM) to pick up money without anyone harassing him. Also, their academic calendar is very smooth, unlike what we have here in Nigeria, where a university would hardly pass six months without coming up with an issue for a strike action. Also, issues of harassment of female students, cultism, and other vices are not recorded there.”
Malam Idris also scored the standard of education in Sudan high, using the number of medical graduates from the country who pass medical examinations to back his assertion.
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Source: Daily Trust.
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