The Adamawa State Government has commenced repatriation of Almajiri children to their states of origin. The government on Wednesday sent off the first tranche, comprising 132 of boys who are indigenes of Gombe State, said to be one-third of the Gombe Almajiri population in two local government areas of Adamawa State. The repatriation, though directly
The Adamawa State Government has commenced repatriation of Almajiri children to their states of origin.
The repatriation, though directly informed by efforts to contain COVID-19, has the larger intention of checking the Almajiri system in the state. He asserted that although the decision to repatriate Almajiris was reached at the level of Northern Governors’ Forum in view of how Almajiris are usually crammed into small spaces and made vulnerable to COVID-19, the Almajiri system will no longer continue in the state even after the coronavirus pandemic.
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