A screenshot of Kaduna State Governor,
Nasir El-Rufai in a Skype interview
with channels tv
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, said on Wednesday during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today that 65 out of 169 Almajiris brought back to Kaduna State tested positive of COVID-19.
“We received 169 Almajiris from Kano, of Kaduna State Origin, and we quarantine them because of the situation that we are aware of in Kano.” he said.
The governor had earlier explained that the Northern State Governors’ Forum had taken a decision at a meeting three weeks ago, that they put a stop to the almajiri system in the region.
“What we agreed on as governors is that each state governor will take delivery of these almajiris and return them to their parents and ensure that they go to school”.
He also said that over 30,000 of the almajiris had been sent back to their own states.
“They should be brought to the Kaduna State Government on a bilateral basis, so that we know when they are coming, we can prepare to receive them, we test them and so on,” he said
El-Rufai also noted that the state is happy to receive the 169 that was recently brought back and will soon take them back to their parents and also ensure they are sent to school.
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