Opeyemi Adelere
Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Ahmad el-Rufai, has said that all the 218 Almajiris repatriated from Kano and other states to Kaduna will be made to undergo free and compulsory 12 years education.
In a post on his accredited Facebook page, he said all the 218 Almajirais had tested free of COVID-19 and were being restored full human rights, dignity and hope as children.
The governor said, “I am pleased to see our Almajiri children, the batch of 218 from Kano, Nassarawa, Plateau & Gombe states looking well and free of Covid 19.
“With the support of @UNICEF_Nigeria, AMA Foundation, other NGOs & philanthropists, they are being restored full human rights as children, dignity & hope! Every child in Kaduna has equal opportunity and access to 12 years of Free and Compulsory Education in our public schools.”
“All the children are to be compulsorily enrolled in the primary school nearest to them so they have modern education and life skills in the morning, and continue their Quranic or Islamic education in the afternoon and over the weekend. That is how many of us got our education. That is what the Northern States’ Governors’ Forum decided. These children may be the future of Northern Nigeria.”
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According to the governor, the Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Mrs. Hafsat Baba and her team, in conjunction with the with local government chairmen and traditional rulers are putting efforts in place to reunite the Almajiris with their parents.
El-Rufa’i clarified that the children would not be denied Islamic education, adding that plans to ensure they go to Islamic school in the evening and at the weekend had been put in place.
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