The House of Representatives has
called on Vice President, Yemi Osibanjo to conduct headcounts of Almajiri and
enrol them into the Homegrown school feeding programme.
The call was part of the
resolutions reached on a motion moved by Mansur Manu and 3 others on Thursday.
The motion entitled, “Need to
Eradicate child destitution and Remove Beggars from Nigerian Streets through
Provision Of Standardized Education System and Improved Livelihood” was debated
by the House and passed.
Speaking on the motion, Manu
said, “a large number of children captured in the destitution net most of whom
roam the streets begging for alms or hawking at traffic spots come at a huge
cost to the nation in terms of loss of critical human capital and erosion of
family values.
“Aware that the various religious
and cultural value systems frown at begging and abandoning children without
proper care, yet parents release their children to pass through such horrific
conditions out of poverty and sheer abdication of responsibility”
The House, therefore, called “on
the Office of the Vice-President to, in collaboration with States’ relevant
institutions, conduct a census of Almajiri schools and headcount of the
destitute children with the view to enrolling them in the ongoing National
Home-grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP).”
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