Metro
Katsina considers training Almajiris as state receives additional 148 returnees from Gombe
Katsina State on Tuesday evening received another set of 148 returnees Almajiris from Gombe State.
The government has however indicated its intention to train some of the Almajiris in various skills that will make them more useful to the society.
The Secretary to the Katsina State Government, Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa who received the Almajiris on behalf of the state government,disclosed that they would be moved to their respective local government areas by Wednesday.
He said,
“The Almajiris were brought in eleven buses. Our medical team came and took the body temperature of each and every child. They appear to look healthy.
“We are planning by tomorrow(Wednesday) to send them to their respective local government areas through their heads of local government administration and the District heads for onward handing over to their respective parents.
“It’s important for the parents to understand that nobody is responsible for the education of their children than themselves.
“So let’s educate them both in Islamic and Western education under our good care, I assure you that they will do better.
“So I appeal to the parents to reconsider this kind of education and allow their children to stay at home and learn whatever they want to learn in terms of Islamic and Western education.”
The Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of science, technology and innovation, Yusuf Mu’azu said the state was already considering training some of the Almajiris various skills that will assist them in future.
He said,
“In the next admission exercise at the youths craft village, the ministry of science technology and innovation will liaise with the office of the Secretary to the state government and get the details of these children so that after the Coronavirus pandemic, we will see how katsina state government will train them to become useful to the society.”
Katsina, last week, received 435 Almajiris from neighbouring Kano state and reunited them with their families.
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