Yobe State has officially joined the growing list of Nigerian states shutting down schools, ordering the immediate closure of all boarding secondary schools as a proactive measure against rising insecurity and the threat of mass student abductions.
The directive was announced on Saturday by Mamman Mohammed, the Director General of Press and Media Affairs to Governor Mai Mala Buni.
“Yobe state government has directed the closure of all boarding Secondary Schools in the state as a proactive measure to safeguard students in the schools,” the official statement read. The decision was reached following a high-level security meeting between the Governor and security chiefs in the state, where they reviewed the alarming security incidents targeting schools in Northern Nigeria.
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The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Bukar Bukar, has been directed to effect the immediate closure of all secondary schools "pending improvement in the situation."
This move places Yobe alongside states like Kebbi, Plateau, and Kwara, which have taken similar emergency measures in recent days. The Federal Government has also responded to the crisis, shutting down 14 unity colleges with immediate effect pending a security review.
The wave of school closures is a direct response to a spate of mass abductions that have terrorized the region. Just this week, bandits kidnapped 24 students in Kebbi State, following the abduction of about 315 students in Niger State. In a related incident, gunmen attacked a church in Kwara State, kidnapping scores of worshippers and killing two.
Governor Buni, in his statement, called on the people of Yobe to pray for the nation's leadership, security operatives, and for improved peace and security across Nigeria.
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