Kebbi schools in banditry-affected communities to remain closed  until security improves

As portion of efforts to trim incidents of banditry attacks successful immoderate volatile communities, the Kebbi State Government has said schools precocious closed successful communities affected by banditry would stay unopen until information improves.

The authorities said the decision, taken astir 7 months ago, was based solely connected information considerations and would not beryllium reversed until the information of students and teachers could beryllium guaranteed.

In a connection issued on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the Governor connected Communication and Strategy, Abdullahi Idris, helium said: “The affected schools volition stay closed until the information concern permits their harmless reopening. We volition not compromise the lives of our students and teachers nether immoderate circumstances.”

The authorities besides warned against politicising information issues, adding that, “The information of our children cannot beryllium subjected to authorities oregon blackmail. No magnitude of falsehood oregon unit volition marque this medication compromise connected the lives of guiltless students.”

The authorities maintained that protecting lives remained its foremost responsibility, stressing that schools would lone reopen erstwhile the information concern permitted.

It noted that Kebbi was not the lone authorities facing specified challenges, adding that schools successful Borno and respective different bluish states had experienced prolonged closures owed to insecurity.

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