The Gombe State Government will commence the data capture of all Tsangaya schools and Almajirai across the state. This initiative aims to reform the Almajirai education system and determine their numbers and states of origin.
Sayyada Aminatu, Special Adviser to Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya on Tsangaya and Almajirai, disclosed this in an interview with Daily Trust. She stated that her office would collaborate with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to register all Almajirai in the state.
Identity cards will be issued to them to facilitate their movement without harassment. Aminatu also criticized parents who abandon their children in Tsangaya schools without proper arrangements, forcing the children to fend for themselves.
She further said, “Everyone knows that the education system has changed, but these young children are seen roaming the streets and have become a nuisance at bus stops and other gatherings due to a lack of Western education.
“It is disheartening to notice almajirai spending the night in motor parks and markets. These young children have no means of survival due to the high cost of living.”