MUSLIMS TEENAGE HAWKING IN NASARAWA TOWN: AN ABERRATION TO ISLAMIC NORMS AND CULTURE

The practices of hawking by the teenagers or under-aged children and have far-reaching consequences on their lives. It brings about a kind of loose family control. The hawkers eventually and gradually lost interest in education and schooling of whatever form. Petty materialism and high degree of sexual promiscuity, especially among the female Muslim hawkers become habitual in their characters. Uncultured people in the society take them to be sort of commercial instruments for sexual satisfaction. This paper intends to bring to the notice of public, especially Muslim, on the consequences this practice that is an aberration to the Islamic norms. The paper discovered that education of Muslim female teenagers in Nasarawa town and environment is affected by hawking practice. It’s recommended that Muslim family should look for an alternative commercial work in place of teenage hawking.