Atiku Offers to Sponsor Education of Teenage Miner Yusuf Aliyu
Atiku Abubakar has offered to sponsor the education of Yusuf Aliyu, a teenage miner whose viral account followed the deaths of 37 miners in Niger State, saying the boy's intelligence belongs in a classroom, not a mining site.
By Sylvester Eyamah
Sep 20, 2026, 8:24 PM · 1 min read
> Former Nigeria Vice President Atiku Abubakar has offered to support the education of Yusuf Aliyu, the teenage artisanal miner whose account of conditions at a mining site in Niger State went viral following the deaths of 37 miners.
> Atiku made the offer in a statement shared on his X account on Sunday, saying the teenager’s intelligence and confidence should be nurtured in a classroom rather than at a mining site.
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