President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said the out-of-school children popularly known as the Almajiri children remained a big challenge facing Nigeria as a nation.
The Senate President said the problem constitutes not only social but security problems to the country as a whole.
He said, “We all know that the out-of-school-children are at the moment a big problem to us as a country.“Therefore, it is our responsibility to do whatever we can to ensure that they are enrolled in primary and secondary schools,” the Senate President said.
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