The Kano State Government has directed that all public and private schools in the state be closed with immediate effect.
The directive was announced by the state’s Commissioner for Education, Mr. Sanusi Kiru in a statement on Tuesday.
He said: “Parents whose children are in boarding schools are to also arrange and convey their children/wards back home from Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.
“All inconveniences are regretted.”
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The statement gave no official reason for the directive, which came three days to the end of the third term.
Schools in the state had been scheduled to vacate on Friday, December 18.