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FG’s N15 bn Tsangaya/Almajiri Schools rot away
Seven years after the launching of the Almajiri Model School Programme by the then President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government, the story is today that of neglect and rot
Stakeholders have expressed worries that despite the several billions of Naira spent by the Federal Government to provide unfettered access to qualitative education for the Almajiri children, especially in the Northern part of the country, the funds have gone down the drain.
According to them, palpable rot is today characterizing the Almajiri schools built by the Federal Government, which have been left to deteriorate after completion, as facilities in the Almajiri Model Schools in most states such as Sokoto, Kaduna, Katsina and Kano are decaying.
The Federal Government-led by the then President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 had formally launched the Almajiri Education Programme, under which Model Tsangaya/Almajiri schools were built across the country to mainstream the Almajiri school system in basic education and to reduce the growing figure of out-of-school children in the country.
New Telegraph, Tuesday 12, March.
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