Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, the governor of Kano State, has ordered the closure of all local schools, public and private.
In a terse statement sent to journalists on Tuesday 15 December, the governor also asked parents to evacuate their wards from the schools.
The statement, which was signed by the state commissioner for education, Sanusi Kiru, was silent on why the sudden decision had been taken.
Part of the statement read: “His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kano State, has approved the closure of all public and private schools in the state with immediate effect.
“Parents whose children are in boarding schools are to also arrange and convey their children/wards back home from tomorrow, Wednesday, 16th December 2020. All inconveniences are regretted.”
Second wave
Earlier in the day, Governor Nasir El-Rufai ordered the closure of all schools in Kaduna State. The instruction came in a statement by the commissioner for education, Shehu Makarfi.
The commissioner said recent statistics show that the much-talked-about second wave of the coronavirus has already started in Kaduna State.
He added that the Ministry of Health in Kaduna has confirmed that the new wave is rampant among people in the age bracket of ten to 35, which covers the greater part of the population that is still in education.
Meanwhile, the coronavirus claimed the life of Clement Bakam, a medical doctor in Kaduna State.
Bakam’s death was announced in a statement by Abdulsalam Abdulrazak, the public relations officer of the Nigerian Medical Association’s chapter in Kaduna State, released on Wednesday 2 September.
Until his death, Bakam was the programme manager of Kaduna State’s emergency routine immunisation co-ordination centre.
Isolation
In a related development, the Nigerian army revealed on Monday (14 December) that 26 officers have been confirmed positive for the coronavirus following the death of Major-General Johnson Irefin.
Sagir Musa, the acting director of the force’s public relations operations, made this disclosure in Abuja, saying 419 personnel have been tested and told to proceed into isolation.
He said the decision was based on directives issued by the Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, following the death of the General Officer in Command of (GOC), 6 Division, Port Harcourt.
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