By Haruna Gimba
The Kano State Government has ordered an immediate closure of all public and private schools in the state.
A statement by the state’s Commissioner for Education, Muhammad Sanusi Kiru, directed parents of students in boarding schools to arrange for the conveyance of their wards back home immediately.
A similar directive was issued by the Commissioners of Health and Higher Education, Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa and Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure respectively, notifying parents and students of the closure of schools of Nursing, Midwifery, Health Technology, Hygiene and higher educational institutions in the state.
Although, no specific reason was attached to the sudden notice, the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Kano and the attack on Government Science and Technical College, Kankara in Katsina state where about 333 students were abducted could be related to government action.
Kano has witnessed rise in active cases of COVID-19 with two deaths and 147 new cases in the month of December alone. Governor Dr Abdullah Umar Ganduje had last Saturday directed the activation of all treatment centres and return of health volunteers to curtail the resurgence of the pandemic.
