Dr. Aliyu Tilde, Bauchi state commissioner for Education hashanded down strong warning on all Islamic and Qur’anic schools against defying government
directives on closure of all schools and restricted gatherings.WikkiTimes recalls that the state government hadon Sunday announced the closure of all public and private schools across the 20 LGAs of the state due tooutbreak of coronavirus in the country.
Tilde in a press statement made available to newsmen inBauchi, “the Ministry of Education has noted with dismay the refusal ofsome Islamic and Qur’anic schools to abide by government directives on totalclosure of schools.
“We urge them to immediately do so in compliance with the governmentinstructions to avoid the spread of the virus”
Dr Tilde said the warning was necessary in order to protectthe almajiri, saying “these almajiris come from different parts and they goback to where they came from during the rainy season.”
“They almajiri usually go round from house to house,street to street begging for food to eat, this will certainly expose them tothe risk of contracting the disease more than any other segment of the society,”he said.
The Commissioner warned that in the event any of thealmajiris contract the virus, it will will immediately spread to the, addingthat no medical capacity to contain possible outbreak.
The commissioner said however called on all Islamic andQur’anic schools to immediately close down and return all the almajiri childrenback to their homes “until this disaster is brought to an end.”
He directed all weekend part-time courses of any kind bealso closed down immediately.
