Twenty fours after the suicide bomb attack on
Government Science Secondary School in
Potiskum, Yobe state government has instructed
that all public and private schools in the state,
should be closed down.
The state Commissioner for Education, Alhaji
Muhammad Lamin disseminated the directive on
Tuesday, 11 November, in Damaturu.
He stated that the closure was to be done, with
immediate effect.
Lamin added that government decided to close
the schools to enable it adopt more security
measures to guarantee the safety of students,
teachers and the school environment across the
state.
On Monday, 10 November, at least 48 students
were killed after a suicide bomber detonated a
bomb at the school assembly in the city of
Potiskum.
The Governor of Yobe state, Ibrahim
Gaidam, while reacting to the bombing, said it
was the fifth time in a little over a year that a
school in Yobe state would attack. He also called
on President Jonathan to explain why the
insurgents’ attack could not remain unabated, in
spite of the declaration of a ‘state of emergency
in Yobe.
The four other schools which have been attacked
within the state in the last year are; Government
Secondary School, Damaturu; Government
Secondary School Mamudo; College of
Agriculture, Gujba; Federal Government College,
Buni-Yadi.
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