Hisbah evacuates 230 Almajirai from Kano streets

Officials of the Kano State Hisbah Board

The Kano State Hisbah Board has so far evacuated no fewer than 230 Almajiris from the streets of Kano metropolis since the exercise began in December 2024.

Recall that the Kano State Government had, on 12th November 2024, inaugurated a seven-member committee under the chairmanship of the Commander General, Hisba Board, Sheikh Ibrahim Daurawa, to repatriate Almajiris (street children) to their respective states of origin.

But speaking with The Punch via telephone interview, the board’s Deputy Commander General, Dr. Mujahideen Abubakar, said the state government has abandoned the idea of repatriating the children to their states of origin.

“We have decided now to keep them at the Hajj camp and give them proper education because we felt that it’s not proper to repatriate them to their respective states of origin.

“As you know, Kano is a mother to all of them, hence the decision to discard the idea of repatriating them; we will now sponsor their education up to the tertiary level,” he said.

He said those found to be with one illness or the other had already been treated and that the children were found sleeping under bridges, billboards, culvers, and in uncompleted buildings in the city.

He said, “It was regrettable that all the children are not enrolled in any Quranic or Islamiyya school. They were just roaming the streets of Kano and they are not in any business while most of them are teenagers, they don’t have anybody taking care of them.

“We have also collected their data to ascertain from where they came based on the data, they are from Kano, Katsina, Borno and Jigawa states.”

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