The Kwara State Government has ordered the immediate closure of schools across four local government areas due to rising insecurity in some communities.
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Kwara State chapter, disclosed the directive on Wednesday. NUT Chairman Yusuf Agboola announced the shutdown of schools in Isin, Irepodun, Ifelodun, and Ekiti local government areas.
Agboola said the union acted on instructions from the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development following reports of fresh security threats in Kwara South.
The circular read “Comrade chairmen, this is to inform you and through you, all schools in the above local governments of the instruction to close down all schools with immediate effect until further notice. This decision was occasioned by the security challenges ravaging the area and the efforts of the government to control the situation. Treat this information as important and with the urgency it deserves, as it emanated from the ministry.”
He assured school heads and teachers that further directives would be communicated as the situation evolves.
