ASSESSMENT OF THE ALMAJIRI’S TSANGAYA HOUSES IN THE URBAN CENTRES OF NORTHERN NIGERIA.

Abstract

Several empirical studies have assessed housing in different perspective. However, few have examine the Almajiri’s
tsangayas houses in urban northern Nigeria. Note that many Almajiris have lost their lives through street violence,
ritual killing, kidnapping, disease and hunger. The study asses the tsangaya houses in northern Nigeria vis-a-viz:
scarcity of sleeping rooms, sleeping materials, number of pupils per room, numbers of pupils sleeping on veranda,
numbers in an incomplete buildings or any other vacant places, water and sanitary facilities, condition of building
components; windows, roof, doors, and floors with the view of its negative influence on the pupils. Eighty-nine (89)
Almajiri tsangaya across Northern Nigeria visited to elicit information on the Almajiri tsangaya houses using structured
questionnaires. Standard deviation and percentage distribution used to analyse the data. The Findings reveals
among others that; there are serious scarcity of sleeping rooms, poor sleeping materials, high number of pupils per
room, many sleep on veranda, incomplete buildings or any other vacant places, they have poor water and sanitary
facilities, poor condition of building components such as windows, roof, doors, and floors having negative influence
on the pupils. The study recommended regular and effective supervision and monitoring of Almajiri tsangaya system
of education by every state authorities and provision of social amenities like accommodation, water and electricity by
wealthy individual and government. To ensure good and habitable living environment that will be conducive for living
and leaning as recommended by the child right convention.