Determined to reduce out-of-school children in Kano, Governor Abdullah Umar Ganduje pledged to evacuate almajiri children from the streets to public schools. Governor Ganduje disclosed the plan while flagging off distribution of instructional materials worth N150 million to public primary and secondary public schools in the state. there are about 12 million out-of-school children across northern Nigeria, with Kano accounting for 3 million. He said about 98 per cent primary school’s teachers now met basic teaching requirement. We have taken statistics of basic needs and very soon, we shall start the rehabilitation of public schools and build additional new ones”.

Source: The Guardian January 11, 2020 16:18 UTC