By day, pupils are expected to be in school receiving the needed education so as to enhance their knowledge and skills to subsequently contribute their quota to the development of the country in future.
However, education seems to be a far cry for some children and therefore, have taken to refuse picking to earn a living.
A Daily News24 special report highlights how children, both indigenes and non-indigenes of Kano have taken solace in informal waste picking as a way of survival.
According to the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), about 10.5 million children in Nigeria are not in school although primary education is officially free and compulsory.
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