Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that Kano has become a center for convergence of Almajiri in Northern Nigeria because there is no legislation outlawing movement of such children in the name of Qura’nic education.
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has blamed parents for the high rate of child beggars, otherwise known as Almajiris, on the streets of major towns in the northern region of Nigeria.