Some ‘almajiri’ children transferred from Nasarawa State to Taraba The children who arrived the Taraba capital, Jalingo, from Lafia, Premium Times reported that the children slept outside the office of The letter from the office of the Secretary to Taraba State
“The unphysical verification the number of pupils brought to Taraba “The government of Taraba State wish to return the pupils to you and One of the Nasarawa State Official who expressed disappointment with the development said;
“All the almajiris were kept in isolation in a secondary school in “Almajiris brought were not provided with food and left inside “We were asked to take the almajiris back to Nasarawa with a letter Taraba commissioner of information, Danjuma Adamu however said that Adamu said;
“Due protocol was not followed in returning them back. The (Taraba)
state, were rejected by the state government on Monday May 4.
Nasarawa’s capital on Sunday alongside officials of the Nasarawa State
Ministry of Women Affairs, were rejected because “Nasarawa officials did
not observe due protocol.”
the Secretary to the Taraba State Government on Sunday May 3, and were
only attended to at 10 a.m. on Monday. They were formally rejected with a
letter addressed to the Secretary to Government of Nasarawa State
and instructions to the officials to take the children back.
government, dated May 4, 2020 with reference no SSG / ADM/ S/ 167/ 11/
125 was signed by one Sunday Maiyaki, Permanent Secretary Political
Cabinet Affairs and General Services. It reads in part;
State are 79 not 102 as stated in the letter brought from Nasarawa
state.
requests that the pupils should be properly profiled indicating their
local government of origin in Taraba State and ‘individual status’ in
respect of the pandemic.”
Lafia and tested for coronavirus and all of them are negative.
vehicles that brought them for several hours and only to be rejected
even though they are indigenes of the state.
addressed to the Secretary to Nasarawa State Government with N100,000 to
fuel our vehicles.”
the kids were rejected because Nasarawa officials did not observe ‘due
protocol’.
state government needs to know their exact number, health status
(positive or negative to COVID-19) in details and their respective local
government areas. Not just pack them in buses for the sake of returning
them.”
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