Plateau State Governor RT. Hon. Barr Simon Bako Lalong, says he won’t relent until the last almajiri is relocated to the state of origin from his state. Speaking Thursday in a broadcast, he said, “The profiling and return of almajirai has commenced and shall continue until the last almajiri is relocated. On 26th April 2020, the first batch of 279 almajiris were evacuated. Out of this number, 243 were sent home to their states of origin which were Bauchi, Kano and Kaduna, while 36 were sent to their local governments of Wase and Kanam.”
Lalong noted that his government was fully aware of the hardship the citizens were facing due to COVID-19, and urged all to be patient and resilient as all hands must be put on deck to defeat the pandemic. He further retreriated the commitment of his administration in containing the spread of the virus in the state.

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I am committed to evacuating all almajiris from Plateau State -Gov Lalong