The state's
Commissioner for Education, Dr Habu Dahiru, made this known in Gombe, the News
Agency of Nigeria reports. He said the first batch of 700 almajiris had been
conveyed to their various states in the North in 60 buses accompanied by
security personnel.
The Gombe State
Government has sent 700 almajiri children in the city to their states of origin
across the 19 Northern states of Nigeria.
The state's
Commissioner for Education, Dr Habu Dahiru, made this known in Gombe, the News
Agency of Nigeria reports.
He said the first
batch of 700 almajiris had been conveyed to their various states in the North
in 60 buses accompanied by security personnel.
Dahiru said that the
almajiris were also given a covering letter to the Ministry of Education in
their respective states.
According to him,
this decision was informed by the collective agreement of the Northern
Governors’ Forum that all almajiris should be returned to their home states for
better management.
He said the 700 were
the first batch, adding that other batches would follow as part of measures to
curtail the spread of Coronavirus.
“We had a meeting
with teachers of Islamic Almajiri schools in the state to let them know why the
decision was taken. Primary to tertiary institutions are closed in the country
as part of measures to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. Almajiri schools
cannot be an exception,” Dahiru said.
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