{"id":12708,"date":"2020-05-11T09:10:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T09:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12708"},"modified":"2020-05-11T09:10:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T09:10:11","slug":"after-14-day-quarantine-kaduna-govt-releases-210-almajiris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12708","title":{"rendered":"After 14-day quarantine, Kaduna govt releases 210 Almajiris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/El-Rufai.-.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kaduna State Commissioner for Human Resources and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba, said Sunday the state government had freed 210 Quranic Education students (Almajiris) after they completed their two-week quarantine in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said the children were among the 680 students who were returned from the neighbouring states because of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/lagos-discharges-21-more-covid-19-cases\/\">COVID-19<\/a>&nbsp;pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commissioner said the Almajiris who were sent back to the state from Niger, Bauchi, Gombe and Kano states tested negative for COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baba said: \u201cThe children would be handed over to their local government chairmen to hand them over to their parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese children were from Kudan, Makarfi, Ikara, Giwa and Zaria local government areas of the state and were brought back from Kano, Bauchi, Gombe, Niger and Plateau States. We are happy to say that 210 of them would be discharged today (Sunday) having completed their quarantine period of 14 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose that tested positive have been isolated but those discharged are free to go home and reunite with their family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe children will not be allowed to beg anymore in the state because the government has already banned Almajiri system in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe government will not abandon them as they return home because the state government will ensure that all the children get western education as they continue with their Islamic education.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kaduna State Commissioner for Human Resources and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba, said Sunday the state government had freed 210 Quranic Education students (Almajiris) after they completed their two-week quarantine in the state. She said the children were among the 680 students who were returned from the neighbouring states because of the&nbsp;COVID-19&nbsp;pandemic. The commissioner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[27,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>After 14-day quarantine, Kaduna govt releases 210 Almajiris &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12708\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12708#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COVID-19\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"After 14-day quarantine, Kaduna govt releases 210 Almajiris\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"After 14-day quarantine, Kaduna govt releases 210 Almajiris &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12708","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12708#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COVID-19","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"After 14-day quarantine, Kaduna govt releases 210 Almajiris"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\" rel=\"category\">COVID-19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Health<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Kaduna State Commissioner for Human Resources and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba, said Sunday the state government had freed 210 Quranic Education students (Almajiris) after they completed their two-week quarantine in the state. 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