SCHOOL CLOSURE: STUDENTS PASS VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE ON EL-RUFAI

Students from southern Kaduna  have passed a vote of no confidence in Governor Nasir El-Rufai for the closure of three institutions in the region.

A statement by the president of the Southern Kaduna Youth and Students Forum (SKYSFOM), Mr. Galadima Jesse, urged the governor to reopen the institutions without further delay.

He condemned the continued closure of the College of Education (COE), Gidan Waya, College of Nursing, Kafanchan and Kaduna State University (KASU), Kafanchan campus.

Jesse blamed the State Commissioners for Education, Professor Andrew Nok, that the area was not safe for schools to reopen.

While stating that peace had returned to the place, he said it was an inexpensive blackmail to describe the southern part of the state as uncertain.

The students, who had previously given the governor a three-week ultimatum to reopen the schools, accused security officials of preventing them from holding a press conference on the issue.

They insisted that the ultimatum, which expired on 30 June, must be obeyed to prove that the governor did not deliberately frustrate education in southern Kaduna.

According to him, it is punitive to close schools in the south of Kaduna, while those of the northern part are working.

"Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria organizes diploma and diploma courses in Kafancha for the Gidan Waya campus of the college of education.