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How Jigawa is building on derided federal initiative to address almajiri challenge

When former President Goodluck Jonathan introduced modern Tsangaya schools in 2012 to absorb out-of-school children—commonly referred to as 'Almajirai'—across northern Nigeria, Alaramma Illiyasu was among conservative Islamic clerics who fiercely rejected the initiative, suspecting it would undermine Islamic education. The post How Jigawa is building on derided federal initiative to address…

How Jigawa is building on derided federal initiative to address almajiri challenge

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