Kaduna Schools To Remain Closed Over Insecurity

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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai
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The Kaduna State Government has disclosed that all primary and secondary schools in the State will remain closed until the security situation improves.

The Commissioner for Education, Dr Shehu Muhammad, made this revelation on Monday in Kaduna at a joint press conference with the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan.

According to Muhammad, the press conference was organized to refute the fake news going round that schools were directed to reopen for the third term on Aug. 9.

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He explained that the schools were earlier scheduled to reopen on Aug. 9, but that the ministry was not given the clearance due to ongoing security operations across the state.

According to the commissioner, the state government on Aug. 6 announced the postponement of school resumption till further notice as advised by security agencies.

We were, however, surprised that for mischievous reasons, some individuals are circulating misguided information, claiming it was from the ministry, asking schools to resume.

‘We want to categorically say that all schools – public, private and religious, including federal schools in the state – are to remain close.

‘We will reopen as soon as we are advised to do so by security agencies, assuring us that schools are safe to open,’ he said.

The commissioner advised all public and private schools, including federal government schools, to abide by the directive or face the wrath of the law.

He said that the closure was in the best interest of the pupils and students to ensure their safety, following series of attacks on schools by bandits and kidnappers.

On his part, Aruwan said that the closure of the schools was to secure the lives of pupils, students, teachers and other stakeholders in the education sector.

He said that security agencies were currently carrying out operations against bandits to improve the security situation in the state.

 

AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK

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