COVID- 19: Kaduna repatriates 3,000 almajiri to states of origin

The Kaduna State Government has announced the evacuation of at least 3000 almajiri to their various states of origin.

The State Commissioner for Human and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba made this known while speaking with journalists in Kaduna on Thursday.

She noted that other children from states such as Enugu, Jigawa, Katsina, Zamfara, Bauchi, Nasarawa and Saminaka in Kaduna state, were provided with transport fares to their respective states of origin.

The commissioner added that the exercise to evacuate children from the streets were ongoing, noting that until the state was “certain all Almajiri returned to their various homes.”

She also disclosed that one of the beggars’ colonies along Kano Road would soon be shut down, noting that the leaders had agreed to abide by the government’s measures to return beggars to their various states of origin.

She said: “The popular Kaduna Beggers’ home along Kano Road will be shut down by the state government.

“The beggars home is overcrowded,we are concerned about the health of the occupants.

“The leaders of the beggars at the house have agreed to abide by the government ‘s measures to return to their various states after a meeting with our ministry.

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“Their health is of importance to the state government but we resolved to include them in some of our programmes such as training and empowerment as well as providing additional rehabilitation centres in the state.

“There is another place close to Kano road Mosque where they usually stay, we have also evacuated them. In fact, they have promised to leave for their various states.

“On Tuesday, about three buses left with many of them including the blind, crippled and other vulnerable peesons. We thank Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi who personally sent a text messages to all his schools in the state to shutdown.” ENDS.