FCT orders closure of private schools over spate of insecurity.
– Tamarauemi Ebimini
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) authority has issued a directive for all private schools in Abuja to be closed indefinitely.
The directive was a response to the growing threats of attacks on the capital city.
This was revealed in a statement signed by the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools in Nigeria, Abuja.
Reports has it that security agencies received some intelligence reports that two terrorist groups, Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), were planning to carry out coordinated attacks in Lagos, Kaduna, Kogi, Katsina and Zamfara states as well as the Federal Capital Territory.
Recall that the Federal Ministry of Education had earlier ordered the immediate closure of one of its Unity Colleges, the Federal Government College Kwali, located in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
The decision became necessary after terrorists reportedly attacked a neighbouring community in the Area Council, which shares proximity with the college.
