Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal has ordered the immediate closure of 16 boarding schools in the state following rising security challenges in the region.
The governor’s spokesman Mohammed Bello announced this in a release on Wednesday night.
According to the statement, the decision was reached after the 17th security council meeting on Wednesday where the state government decided to close 16 boarding schools along its border communities.
The affected schools are Government Girls Model Secondary School, Illela, Sultan Muhammadu Tambari Arabic Secondary School, Illela, Gamji Girls College, Rabah, Government Secondary School, Gada, Government Secondary School, Gandi and Government Secondary School, Goronyo.
Others are Government Secondary School, Isa, Government Secondary School Sabon Birnin Gobir, Boarding Primary School, Isa, Boarding Primary School, Balle and Boarding Primary School, Jabo.
The remaining are UBE Junior Secondary School, Sabon Birni, Government Secondary School, Kebbe, Government Secondary School, Tureta, Government Technical College, Binji and Olusegun Obasanjo Technical College, Bafarawa.
According to the statement, the governor disclosed that “the schools were to be closed, temporarily for two weeks.”
The governor directed the ministries of basic and secondary education and that of science and technology to temporarily merge the students of the affected schools with those of other schools for the continuation of their studies pending the improvement in the security situation of the affected areas.
