Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Tuesday ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the state with immediate effect.
Commissioner for Education Sanusi Kiru announced this in a statement, urging parents to take their children from their various schools.
“Parents whose children are in boarding schools are to also arrange and convey their children/wards back home from Wednesday, December 16, 2020.
“All inconveniences are regretted,” the commissioner said.
The government did not give a reason for the directive which came three days to the end of the third term.
All schools in the state are expected to close on December 18.
More than 300 students were recently abducted from a boarding school in Kankara Local Government Area of the neighbouring Katsina State.
Also, Kano State Government had expressed concerns over the sudden upsurge in COVID-19 cases in the state, where 85 persons recently tested positive in a space of 10 days.
