As the harmattan season sets in, in Yobe state, tsangaya students popularly called Almajirais are finding it hard to cope with the severe cold and shortage of food in their Islamic centres.
Governor Mai Mala Buni has decided to tackle this by approving the distribution of food and non food items to Tsangayan teachers and the Islamic knowledge seekers within Damaturu metropolis.
Almajirais are students who travel to other places in search of islamic knowledge.
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But the Tsangayan system of education is still unable to provide basic amenities for these Islamic knowledge seekers.
The harmattan period is usually the worst of times for these Almajirais who find it pretty challenging to study due to the extreme cold and lack of food in their various study centres.
The Yobe state Government has swung into action by providing them with food and non food items to enable them concentrate on their Islamic studies.
Their tsangayan teachers are also included in the distribution process in order to motivate them to carry out their duties.
The gesture by the government is met with excitement by the beneficiaries.
They are relieved that a major part of their challenges have been met and hope that it will be a gesture that the government considers carrying out periodically.
The government pledges that the same gesture wil be replicated in tsangayan study centres across the seventeen local government areas of the state.
