According to the Kano state government, a total of 193 Almajiris in Kano State have so far tested positive to COVID 19, .
On Thursday, July 2, Kano State Commissioner of Education, Sanusi Mohammed Kiru while speaking at the COVID-19 press briefing, disclosed that a total of 1860 persons were quarantined in three locations in the state, out of which 193 of them tested positive.
Sanusi who is also the head of the state government’s committee on the rehabilitation of almajiris, stated that 86 of them tested positive at Gabasawa Quarantine camp, 68 tested positive in Karaye while 38 tested positive in Kiru.
He was glad at the initiative to isolate the almajiris in the state. According to him, the state’s efforts at tackling the dreaded disease would have been worse off if they were allowed to continue to spread the disease in these communities.
He recalled that so far the state has extradited a total of 1183 Almajirs to the rest of the states in the region which includes Kaduna, Jigawa, Gombe, Katsina, Bauchi, Kebbi, and Zamfara States in line with the decision of the Northern Governors forum to put a stop to street begging in the region.
He further revealed that the state government had established three almajiri boarding schools located in Bunkure, Bagwai and Madobi Local Government Areas for the immediate admission of the Almajiris of Kano State origin.
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