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Taraba rejects almajiris transferred from Nasarawa - Edoman - 05-05-2020 Taraba rejects almajiris transferred from Nasarawa Some ‘almajiri’ children transferred from Nasarawa State to Taraba state, were rejected by the state government on Monday May 4. The children who arrived the Taraba capital, Jalingo, from Lafia, 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." Premium Times reported that the children slept outside the office of 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. The letter from the office of the Secretary to Taraba State 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; Quote:“The unphysical verification the number of pupils brought to Taraba State are 79 not 102 as stated in the letter brought from Nasarawa state. One of the Nasarawa State Official who expressed disappointment with the development said; Quote:“All the almajiris were kept in isolation in a secondary school in Lafia and tested for coronavirus and all of them are negative. Taraba commissioner of information, Danjuma Adamu however said that the kids were rejected because Nasarawa officials did not observe ‘due protocol’. Adamu said; Quote:“Due protocol was not followed in returning them back. |