Abu-Ubaida SANI et al
Abstract
The pre-eminent masterminded devotion
to ensuring access to, at least, basic education for every citizen, has sought
the need to nomadic education in Nigeria. However, this is to take to the doorstep
of the nomadic and other disadvantaged groups, education. Perhaps, as directed
by the Nigerian National Policy on Education. The nomadic population in Nigeria
has been estimated to be about 9.3 million people of whom about 3.1 million are
juvenescence school-aged children. The prepotencies of this population are pastoralists,
whereby the remaining population consists of fisher folk and
farmers. Fisher Folk Education programs are being implemented in some parts of the country considered to have fisher folk communities with larger populations, such as Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River and Akwa-Ibom states among others. However, none of such educational set-ups is in place in Northern Nigeria, whereas there is the need, as in the case of Yauri Emirate of Kebbi state. This paper therefore addresses the importance of fisher folk education (i.e. improving environmental literacy among others) in Northern Nigeria (precisely Yauri Emirate), their contribution to the nation’s economy as well as sustainable national development (i.e. food provision and lessening of unemployment among others). Finally, the work suggests some possible elixirs for the eradication of illiteracy among fisher folk in Yauri Emirate. One of such is government’s efforts as to send team of surveyors for an inspection as a step towards exposing Yauri Emirate Fisher folk community to at least basic education.
farmers. Fisher Folk Education programs are being implemented in some parts of the country considered to have fisher folk communities with larger populations, such as Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River and Akwa-Ibom states among others. However, none of such educational set-ups is in place in Northern Nigeria, whereas there is the need, as in the case of Yauri Emirate of Kebbi state. This paper therefore addresses the importance of fisher folk education (i.e. improving environmental literacy among others) in Northern Nigeria (precisely Yauri Emirate), their contribution to the nation’s economy as well as sustainable national development (i.e. food provision and lessening of unemployment among others). Finally, the work suggests some possible elixirs for the eradication of illiteracy among fisher folk in Yauri Emirate. One of such is government’s efforts as to send team of surveyors for an inspection as a step towards exposing Yauri Emirate Fisher folk community to at least basic education.
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