Breaking: El Rufai Shutdown 13 Private Schools in Kaduna State Over Fresh Security Threat
Following a fresh security threat to another secondary school owned by the Baptist Church in Kaduna State, the authorities have ordered the closure of 13 vulnerable private secondary schools.
TheNewera News gathered that the affected institutions include the Bethel Baptist High School Damishi and 8 others owned by mission organizations.
The list of all the affected schools is provided in a statement issued by the Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority.
The President noted the ongoing deployment of additional security personnel to all troubled areas, urging security outfits to “act swiftly” to rescue all school boys and girls in the affected states and ensure safe return.
President Buhari in a statement issued by his senior special assistant on media and publicity Garba Shehu, Monday evening said the disturbing incidents of kidnapping students, mostly in Northern states, was already threatening to undermine efforts in boosting school enrolments in states that were adjudged educationally backwards.
He called on state governments to ensure compliance with the UN-supported Safe Schools Programme, which the administration had adopted.
The President described the kidnapping as cowardly and despicable, condemning it as an assault on affected families and the nation.
