Gombe State Commissioner for Education, Dr Habu Dahiru, disclosed that The Gombe State Government have sent 700 Almajiris in the city to their States of Origin.
He said the first batch of the Almajiris had been conveyed to their various states in the North via 60 buses accompanied by security personnel.
Dahiru said: The Almajiris were given a covering letter to the Ministry of Education in their respective states. The collective agreement of the Northern Governors’ Forum spurred the decision that all almajiris should be returned to their home states for better management.
He said the 700 were the first batch;Other batches would follow as part of measures to curtail the spread of Coronavirus.
Dahiru said: “We had a meeting with teachers of Islamic Almajiri schools in the state to let them know why the decision was taken. Primary to tertiary institutions are closed in the country as part of measures to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. Almajiri schools cannot be an exception.”