Kaduna state Governor NASIR EL-RUFA’I, has warned that parents who enrol their children into the Almajiri education system stand the risk of prosecution and up to two years in jail.

EL-RUFA’I handed down the warning when he visited some 200 Almajiri children repatriated from Nasarawa State and undergoing rehabilitation at the Government College, Kurmin Mashi, Kaduna.

Almajiri are children enrolled to be taught Islamic knowledge under Islamic Clerics, but who loiter on the streets with bowls begging for alms and food.

EL-RUFAI insists the ban on Almajiri practice in the state is still in force.