When former President Goodluck Jonathan introduced modern Tsangaya schools in 2012 to absorb out-of-school children—commonly referred to as 'Almajirai'—across northern Nigeria, Alaramma Illiyasu was among conservative Islamic clerics who fiercely rejected the initiative, suspecting it would undermine Islamic education.
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