Meet 12-year-old boy Ibrahim Bukar who is a shoe shiner and wanted to go to school but his father discouraged him from going to school because he can’t afford to take the boy to school. Their house is in London Chiki.The father is a trader around Custom area who sells beans and millet.

His father said before Boko Haram insurgency became worst he had sent the boy to Almajiri school in Dikwa but when Boko Haram took over the place, the boy escaped and came back to Maiduguri.

At the age of twelve,the boy is trying his best to earn a living. With his courage, if given the chance he may be very useful to the society. The problem now is, at the age of twelve he has never been to even primary one.