Yobe Government has ordered the closure of boarding secondary schools in the state due to security challenges.
This was contained in a statement by Mamman Mohammed, the Director General of Press and Media Affairs to the Governor, Mai Mala Buni.
Mohammed quoted the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, in Yobe State, Bukar Bukar, as directing the immediate closure of all secondary schools pending improvement in the situation.
Governor Buni called on the people of the state to pray for the leadership, security operatives, peace and improved security in the country.
Yobe joins the growing number of states to have shut schools amid rising security threats, especially the mass abduction of students in the northern parts of Nigeria.
Kebbi, Plateau and Kwara are among states to have ordered the closure of schools in the last few days.
The Federal Government also shut 14 unity schools with immediate effect pending the review of security situation in the affected places where the institutions are located.
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