MIGRATION ETHICS (GENESIS 47:1-12) AND ALMAJIRI (TSANGAYA) CHILDREN DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

This article examines the impacts of COVID-19 on Almajiri children in Nigeria in the light of Genesis 47:1- 12. Almajiri children were discovered to be part of major careers of coronavirus in northern Nigeria. Almajiri children engaged in irregular migration from one state to the other without the approval or consent of the government of these receiving states. This led to an increase in the number of coronavirus cases, miscreants taking advantage of the situation, religious tension and high-level suspicion among Nigerians. Observing this irregular migration of Almajiri children, the researchers see Genesis 47:1-12 as limelight. The pericope concerns Jacob, who engaged in regular migration to Egypt during a period of crisis in Canaan. He followed the migration policies and border policies of Egypt. It is strongly believed that the pericope will speak anew to the irregular migration of Almajiri children amidst the escalating coronavirus infections in Nigeria.

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