Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago has ordered the immediate closure of all schools throughout the state following the kidnapping of college students and academics from St Mary’s Catholic Major and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Native Authorities Space.
Bago introduced the directive on Saturday, throughout a press briefing after an expanded safety assembly in Minna, describing the assault as each “unlucky and avoidable.”
“This incident may have been averted; nevertheless, it’s not a time for a blame sport,” the governor stated. “Our mission right this moment is to see how we will rescue these youngsters and all these kidnapped alongside.”
He referred to as on safety businesses, civil society organisations, organised labour and non secular leaders to unite and focus on rescue efforts, emphasising the state authorities’s dedication to defending lives and property.
In response to him, the closure impacts all personal and public main and secondary schools, non secular schools, the Federal Authorities School Minna, and the schools of nursing in Bida and Kontagora. The shutdown, he added, would stay in drive till additional discover.
Bago defined that the measure would additionally function an early Christmas break for schools in view of the rising safety considerations.
He famous that the precise quantity of kidnapped pupils had not but been confirmed, saying safety businesses had been conducting headcounts and that an official determine can be launched later within the day.
