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Katsina State Lost 8 Pilgrims In 2015 Hajj- Official

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The Executive Director, Katsina State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Ahmad Hassan, said the state had lost eight pilgrims during the 2015 Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

Hassan disclosed this on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina.

He said that four pilgrims died during the ‘Jamrat’ stampede, and that another one died in the crane collapse incident.

The executive director said that three other pilgrims died due to various ailments during the Hajj.

Hassan further disclosed that the pilgrims that died in the ‘Jamrat’ stampede were from Jibia, Bindawa, Kafur and Katsina local government areas.

According to him, another pilgrim from Bindawa Local Government Area was still missing as a result of the stampede

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Katsina orders withdrawal of children from private schools

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The Katsina State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), has directed primary school teachers and all head teachers in the state to withdraw their children from private schools and enrol them in public schools.

 

The SUBEB chairman, Lawal Buhari Daura gave the directive on Wednesday, during an inspection tour of Local Education Authority (LEA) in Kankia.

 

Daura said the directive was in line with an earlier order issue by the Governor, Aminu Bello Masari that public officers under his administration must patronise public schools as part of efforts to revive the education sector.

 

According to reports, most of the primary school teachers in public schools do not patronise public schools as they enrol their children and wards in private schools, an action which suggests that they have no confidence in the public schools.