Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar pledged to support the education of Yusuf Aliyu, a teenage artisanal miner in Niger State whose video went viral after the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners. Atiku made the pledge in a statement on X on Sunday after watching the teenager speak at a mining event. The scholarship aims to support Aliyu's education.
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