By Owen Akenzua National Orientation Agency and the National Commission for Almajiri and Out of School Children are collaborating to ensure that every child of school age roaming on the street, goes back to school to acquire education which is key to upbringing of a child. Delta State Director of the National Orientation Agency, Mrs […]
“The entire society needs to wake up to the fact that it is dangerous to let these Almajiri children remain on the streets.”- Mr Yakubu Lamal on Public Eye. On Sunday, December 6th, 2020, Funmi discussed the plight of Almajiri children with the founder of the Almajiri Child Rights Initiative, Mohammed Sabo Keana, a child […]
Kano State Government says it has established three additional Tsangaya Model Schools to facilitate enrollment of 976 Almajiri (Qur’anic school pupils) evacuated from other states. Gwani Yahuza, Chairman, Kano State Qur’anic and Islamic Schools Management Board, stated this on Monday in Kano. READ ALSO: Traditional festival cancellation leads to fracas in Ekiti Tsangaya is the […]
Yes, you are right, the title for his article draws inspiration from Phil Collins’ song titled, “What Happened On the Way To Heaven?” The almajiri and his spiritual father, the mallam, are now the poster persons of all that is negative in the face of Islam in northern Nigeria. The life of the almajiri is […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for concrete actions to fully rehabilitate and reintegrate the Almajiri children back to the mainstream of society. Comrade Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, made the call in a statement on Friday in Abuja to mark the 2020 World Day Against Child Labour with the theme,”COVID-19: Protect Children from Child […]
Ilorin – The Police ice Command in Kwara on Saturday, returned no fewer than 200 suspected Almajiri (Quranic school pupils) to Katsina State. This was contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Ajayi Okasanmi, in Ilorin. Okasanmi said that a truck, with registration number Kaduna: MKA 54 […]
Minna – The Niger Government says it has concluded arrangements to repatriate all Almajiri children to their states of origin. Ahmed Matane Secretary to the State Government and Chairman, Niger State Task Force on COVID-19, stated this in a statement on Monday in Minna. Matane said that the repatriation of the Almajiri children followed Northern […]
One hundred and ninety ‘almajiri” pupils evacuated from Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state have arrived Bauchi state. This was disclosed in a press release on Sunday by the Senior Special Assistant to the state governor on Media, Alhaji Muktar Gidado. Deputy Governor, Senator Baba Tela, who received the pupils at General Hassan Usman […]
Dutse – The Jigawa Government has received a total of 524 Almajiri pupils evacuated by neighbouring Kano State. Receiving the pupils at Gen. Yakubu Gowon NYSC Camp in Dutse, the state Gov. Muhammad Badaru said the pupils would undergo medical screening, before handover to their respective parents. Badaru said that accommodation and feeding arrangements had […]
Kano – Kano State Government says it has completed arrangements to evacuate all Almajiri to their states of origin. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano disclosed this on Sunday when he received a situation report from Task force and COVID -19 fund raising committees at the Government House in Kano. Ganduje said that the state government […]
A House of Representatives Member, Dr Balarabe Kakale (PDP-Sokoto), says the House has set March 12 to debate on the reforms in the Almajiri system of education in the country. Kakale, who represent Bodinga/Dange-Shuni/Tureta Federal Constituency in Sokoto state, stated this in a statement issued to us in Sokoto on Saturday. READ ALSO: NECA calls […]
Quite distinct from commonly held belief as beggars, Almajiri was derived from Arabic word, “Al-Muhajirun” meaning emigrants. It typically refers to a person who devotedly leaves home to other place or to an instructor in the quest for Islamic knowledge. Thus, Almajiri is characteristically, a Qur’anic literacy and system of Islamic education dominantly practiced among […]
The Bauchi state government has flagged -off the distribution of instructional materials to almajiri schools’ and girl -child learning centres in the state. The government through the Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in the state flagged-off the distribution at Gudum Hausawa Village in Bauchi Local Government Area of the state. Speaking at the occasion, the […]