{"id":442648,"date":"2011-06-16T23:43:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T23:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/16\/fg-to-establish-400-schools-for-almajiris\/"},"modified":"2011-06-16T23:43:18","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T23:43:18","slug":"fg-to-establish-400-schools-for-almajiris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/16\/fg-to-establish-400-schools-for-almajiris\/","title":{"rendered":"FG to establish 400 schools for Almajiris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"60\">\n<p>\u00a0<strong>BY INALEGWU SHAIBU<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ABUJA-The federal government has announced plans to establish 100 schools annually for Almajiris in the country for the next four years, beginning this year.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Namadi Sambo made the disclosure yesterday when he declared open a meeting of the National Executive Council of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, at the National Mosque, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Sambo stated that government had concretized plans to build schools that will address the almajiri menace as well as give the children western education, adding that this is \u201ca deliberate programme to take off from the streets the 9.6 million army of almajiris roaming our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also said \u201cgovernment will not rest on its oars in ensuring that it delivered on its promises of a transformed Nigeria, noting that President Goodluck Jonathan had aptly cautioned that \u201cthis is no time for lamentation but a time for transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He re-emphasized that the administration will deliver on infrastructure, education, health and other necessary facilities which were promised during campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Sambo, who urged the Supreme Islamic Council to regulate the activities of zealots causing disaffection in the society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/06\/fg-to-establish-400-schools-for-almajiris\/\" title=\"FG to establish 400 schools for Almajiris\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FG to establish 400 schools for Almajiris<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> \u00a0 BY INALEGWU SHAIBU ABUJA-The federal government has announced plans to establish 100 schools annually for Almajiris in the country for the next four years, beginning this year. Vice President Namadi Sambo made the disclosure yesterday when he declared open a meeting of the National Executive Council of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, at the National Mosque, Abuja. Sambo stated that government had concretized plans to build schools that will address the almajiri menace as well as give the children western education, adding that this is \u201ca deliberate programme to take off from the streets the 9.6 million army of almajiris roaming our streets.\u201d He also said \u201cgovernment will not rest on its oars in ensuring that it delivered on its promises of a transformed Nigeria, noting that President Goodluck Jonathan had aptly cautioned that \u201cthis is no time for lamentation but a time for transformation.\u201d He re-emphasized that the administration will deliver on infrastructure, education, health and other necessary facilities which were promised during campaigns. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":419156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-442648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FG to establish 400 schools for Almajiris - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/16\/fg-to-establish-400-schools-for-almajiris\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"FG to establish 400 schools for Almajiris - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\u00a0 BY INALEGWU SHAIBU ABUJA-The federal government has announced plans to establish 100 schools annually for Almajiris in the country for the next four years, beginning this year. 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