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Niger Gov directs closure of all schools until after New Yea
Niger Governor Mohammed Bago has directed that all schools across the State should be shut down until after the New Year while the schools in security affected areas in the State will be shut down until further notice.
The Governor stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Minna after a security and stakeholders meeting in Government House over the current security situation in the state.
According to the Governor, they include private and public schools, Islamic and missionary schools, federal government colleges and some tertiary institutions like schools of nursing and midwifery.
The Governor stated the schools will be shut down until after the New Year while those in security affected areas will be shut down until further notice.
Speaking about the abduction, Bago said it was an incident that could have been avoided but the government would not use its time for blame games but to look at ways of rescuing the abducted children.
“To forestall further occurence, schools are generally supposed to close for Christmas in the next two weeks, but we cannot take any chances anymore.
“We are closing all schools in Niger state, private primary and secondary schools, every school will remain closed until after the New Year while all schools in Niger North will be closed until further notice,” he stated.
The Governor said that the figures of the students, pupils and teachers abducted are not yet official,
“We have just been seeing a lot of numbers in the media but the figures are not official. The DSS, police and other security agencies are already doing the head count and by the end of today, we will have the official figure,” he stated.
He called on the security not to be distracted but to be focused on the rescue of these children, “Nigeria is the only country we have and Niger state is our state, we will continue to protect the lives and property of our citizens.
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