Sokoto state government has extended resumption of basic and secondary schools in the state by one week.
The schools are supposed to resume today, May 15 and tomorrow, May 16, 2022 for boarding and day students respectively.This was disclosed in a statement by Malam Ibrahim Iya, spokesperson of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, on Sunday in Sokoto
Recall that the governor of the state on Saturday May 14, 2022 declared a 24-hour curfew within the Sokoto metropolis in a bid to curtail further spread of civil unrest trailing the death of Deborah Samuel.
The youths were seeking the release of some suspects arrested by the security agencies because of the alleged killing and burning of Miss Deborah Samuel on Thursday.Deborah, a second-year student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto State, was killed on Thursday following an allegation that she had blasphemed Prophet Muhammad (SAW) through a WhatsApp chat.
According to the statement, all public and private schools have been directed to resume on May 22, for boarding and May 23, for day students, adding that “final year students who are supposed to begin their WAEC examination on Monday, May 16, 2022, are not affected.The statement partly reads: “Dr. Bello Guiwa, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education instructed all public and private schools to resume on May 22, for boarding and May 23, for day students”.
“Final year students who are supposed to begin their WAEC examination on Monday, May 16, 2022, are not affected.“Parents, teachers, SBMC’s and PTAs are expected to comply with the directive, please,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, in a related development, National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, members serving in Sokoto, especially those in the metropolis, have been urged to remain at home because of the 24-hour curfew.This was contained in another statement from Malam Sani Idris, the spokesperson of the scheme in Sokoto State, on Sunday.
According to the statement, the management of the scheme had informed all the security agencies to make sure the safety of its corps members were intact throughout the curfew period and beyond.
“Arrangements have also been made for the Police and Army patrol vehicles to intensify surveillance in all of the corps members’ locations.
“Management urged corps members to remain calm and law-abiding at all times and also assured them that things would soon return to normalcy in the State,” the statement added.
