BEVERLY HILLS, CA, December 11, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Arabic Village is beginning to count the costs of the Boko Haram insurgency on its operations.
The Chairman of the Governing Board of the Village, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Idris Al-Bulaturee, said on Wednesday that the institution has lost an academic session to the insurgency.
Located in Gamboru- Ngala, a border town with Chad, the Arabic Village has been under constant attack by Boko Haram thus compelling the authorities of the school dedicated to the study of Arabic language to shut it down.
While appealing to the Borno State Government to build perimeter fence around the school, Al-Bulaturee lamented that: “The Village is prone to the attack of the insurgents because it is not fenced.”
Al-Bulaturee also called on the governor of the state, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, to procure vehicles for the school especially the Governing Board so as to allow for the proper running of the school.
Responding, Shettima said he wish after his tenure as the governor to go back and learn Arabic in order to “have strong grip of the Islam.”
He said Arabic is one of the most important languages and that Borno due to its leading role in Islamic religion in the country is a natural home of Arabic language.
He however noted that the reason for establishing the Arabic Village in the state 21 years ago was not misplaced, saying “the location of the Arabic village in Borno was not by sheer coincidence.”
