Insecurity: Kano shutdown 4 tertiary institutions, 12 boarding schools

The Kano State Government has directed the closure of some tertiary institutions in the State with immediate effect.

Similarly, the government ordered the closure of 12 boarding secondary schools in the outskirt of the metropolis over increasing abduction of students in some parts of the northern states by bandits.

The State Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure announced this in a statement on Saturday.

The statement said the schools include PMK College of Advance and Remedial Studies Tudun Wada, School of Environmental Studies Gwarzo, School of Rural Technology and Entrepreneurship Dev ( SORTED) Rano and ABCOAD Dambatta.

“With this instruction, all students of the affected schools are advised to vacate the Campuses as soon as possible,’’ said the statement.

It added that the date for school re-opening will be communicated later.