The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has raised alarm over an unhealthy practice of some Nigerians who pick face masks from rubbish dumps and sell them.

The Chairman of the task force, BOSS MUSTAPHA, who raised the alarm at the PTF daily press briefing in Abuja, warned that such a practice would worsen the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

He also said northern state governments, which had been evacuating the Quranic school pupils, popularly known as Almajirai, to their states of origin should suspend it.

The need for government to take a critical review of the Almajiri system took centre stage yesterday at the House of Representatives.