Kano State Government has officially shut down 10 boarding schools in the outskirts of the state to avoid a repeat of the insessant kidnappings of school children going on in the northern parts of the country.
The state Commissioner for Education, Muhammad Sunusi Kiru, disclosed this in a short audio message over the radio stations in the state yesterday night.
The Education Commissioner said the closure became necessary due to the rising number of abductions of school children in neighbouring states.
The closed schools are situated at Ajingi, Sumaila, Jogana, Kafin Maiyaki, Gaya, amongst others.
Acting on the instructions of the State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, Mr. Kiru said that the order takes immediate effect.
He called on parents to evacuate their wards as a result.
This is coming hours after suspected gunmen kidnapped about 317 schoolgirls in a government secondary school at Jangebe, Zamfara State.
Also, earlier this month, some students and staff of Government Secondary School Kagara in Niger State, were abducted and yet to be released by bandits.
