{"id":22218,"date":"2020-06-22T14:50:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T14:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22218"},"modified":"2020-06-22T14:50:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T14:50:48","slug":"covid-19-kaduna-govt-confirms-evacuation-of-35000-almajiris-to-17-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22218","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Kaduna govt confirms evacuation of 35,000 Almajiris to 17 states"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Nasir-El-Rufai.-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kaduna State government has confirmed the evacuation of no fewer than 35,000&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/nhrc-tasks-11-northern-states-on-child-rights-act-to-address-almajiri-system\/\">Almajiri children<\/a>&nbsp;to 17 states and some neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was confirmed in a statement on Monday by the State Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba, while speaking to newsmen who accosted her in Kaduna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hajia Baba who revealed that the state received more than 1,000 Almajiris from other states also noted that the move was part of the state government\u2019s efforts towards ensuring that all children receive both Quranic and western education under the care of their parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is crucial because apart from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/Coronavirus\">Coronavirus<\/a>&nbsp;pandemic some of the Almajiris had skin diseases and other ailments that need to be treated before reuniting them with their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlthough enrolling the children into school is the responsibility of the ministry of education, the ministry of human services is currently assessing the state of Tsangaya schools across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to determine their proximity and suitability for enrolling some of the Almajiris living close to such schools where they will acquire both Quranic and western education,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kaduna State government has confirmed the evacuation of no fewer than 35,000&nbsp;Almajiri children&nbsp;to 17 states and some neighbouring countries. This was confirmed in a statement on Monday by the State Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba, while speaking to newsmen who accosted her in Kaduna. Hajia Baba who revealed that [&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>COVID-19: Kaduna govt confirms evacuation of 35,000 Almajiris to 17 states &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=22218\" \/>\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=22218#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\":\"COVID-19: Kaduna govt confirms evacuation of 35,000 Almajiris to 17 states\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"COVID-19: Kaduna govt confirms evacuation of 35,000 Almajiris to 17 states &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=22218","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22218#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":"COVID-19: Kaduna govt confirms evacuation of 35,000 Almajiris to 17 states"}]}]}},"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 government has confirmed the evacuation of no fewer than 35,000&nbsp;Almajiri children&nbsp;to 17 states and some neighbouring countries. 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