{"id":23158,"date":"2026-07-30T15:50:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=23158"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:50:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:50:03","slug":"first-lady-seeks-more-support-for-almajiri-out-of-school-childrens-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/first-lady-seeks-more-support-for-almajiri-out-of-school-childrens-education\/","title":{"rendered":"First Lady Seeks More Support for Almajiri, Out of School Children\u2019s Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called for more assistance to provide Almajiri and out of school children with formal education.<\/p>\n

The First Lady pointed out that, for the Almajiri in particular, such an initiative would combine Arabic teachings with Western education.<\/p>\n

She made the call while receiving the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, Amb. Yousef Mohammed Al Balawi, at the State House, Abuja.<\/p>\n

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Senator Oluremi Tinubu said the collaboration would help integrate Islamic teachings with formal Western education, aimed at protecting the future of these children.<\/p>\n

The First Lady also called for a strategic partnership between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to overhaul the Almajiri education system.<\/p>\n

\u201cI work with women and vulnerable children in society. My heart goes out to the Almajiri children up North. I believe they need better care.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cThis is because most of the insecurity challenges in the nation, if that particular group of children is not taken care of, I don\u2019t know what might happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI believe we can still start to give them formal education. If we are able to do that, the future of Nigeria will be well secured.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senator Oluremi Tinubu said she understood that both countries had enjoyed good bilateral relations over the years and appreciated the Ambassador for the visit.<\/p>\n

Amb. Yousef Mohammed Al Balawi, in his remarks, explained that he had spent five months in Nigeria and expressed satisfaction with the way the government and its officials had received him.<\/p>\n

He said he had met with some members of the Federal Executive Council, adding that their engagements would ultimately reflect positively on the growth of both nations.<\/p>\n

The Ambassador said he was looking forward to stronger ties between both countries that would reflect positively on their economic growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you are aware, our countries have a strong relationship. We share historical ties, and our nations have a lot in common in terms of religion, culture and potentials to improve our relationship and get it back in shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur nations have strong common ambitions to improve our economies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria was accompanied on the visit to the First Lady by the Chief of Staff at the Embassy, Mohammed Bukar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called for more assistance to provide Almajiri and out of school<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23162,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23158\/revisions\/23162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}