The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has ordered all public senior secondary schools in Abuja, the nation’s capital, to shut down on or before Friday, November 28, citing urgent security concerns.
The Director of School Services, FCT Secondary Education Board, Aishatu Sani Alhassan, disclosed this in a memo on Tuesday.
According to the memo, principals and heads of schools were instructed to end all academic activities immediately and ensure students are dismissed in an orderly and safe manner.
Schools have also been ordered to notify learners, staff and parents; adjust all scheduled academic activities; and prepare to resume on the next official school day unless new directives are issued.
The development is coming on the heels of attacks on schools in parts of the country, which has resulted in the mass abduction of students.
