BY SALIU SALIU
FOLLOWING the abduction of hundreds of students at the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, the Zamfara State Government has ordered the closure of 10 boarding schools in the state.
The schools, according to the state government, will remain shut until there is an improvement in the security situation.
This was disclosed during a press conference on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Education in the state, Ibrahim Abdullahi.
“We will not want what happened in Katsina to happen in Zamfara State. All the Principals of the affected schools have been directed to ensure immediate closure of the affected schools,” he stated.
He urged parents and guardians to cooperate with the Government, noting that the security of the students was of utmost priority at the moment.
The affected schools include Government Secondary School, in Zurmi; GSS Birnin Magaji (Boarding); G.A.S.S Zurmi (Boarding); G.G.S.S Moriki (Boarding); Science Secondary School Shinkafi (Boarding); Science Secondary School, Dansadau (Boarding); and Science Secondary School, Bukkuyum (Boarding).
Others are G.D. S. S Nassarawa Mailayi (Day), G.D.S.S Gusami (Day) and G.D.S.S Gurbin Bore (Day).
