Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno on Tuesday said public secondary schools in the state, shut down since March 2013, would re-open for academic activities next Monday.

Shettima gave the directives while receiving Mr Rolf Ree, the Norwegian Ambassador in Nigeria in his office in Maiduguri.

He said, however, that the action was limited to day schools only.

“As from Monday, academic activities will commence in earnest in all day secondary schools across the state.

“Very soon, we will make effort to re-open all the boarding schools too,” Shettima said.
He commended the Norwegian government for its numerous support to the state.

“I wish to thank you for the numerous support you have given to us, you have done so much to us.

“You have shown so much support to our traumatised people,” Shettima said.

Ree had told the governor that his visit was aimed at solidifying relationships between the two governments.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the schools were shut down, after deadly attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in schools in neighbouring Yobe.

The state government had last week commenced the construction of 2, 500 family shelters for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) taking refuge in public schools in Maiduguri to give room for the relocation of the IDPs and allow the schools to re-open.

https://www.today.ng/news/national/39449/borno-schools-to-re-open-on-monday-shettima

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That's not a good idea in my opinion.


Why should we jeopardize the lives of those kids even when Boko Haram is still bombing places.

If they government is ready to provide enough security, then that's no problem. After all, Education is Key.

We should keep praying for Nigeria, each and everyone of us. We should keep working towards a nation's common goal. Good governance starts from you and I; how you relate with your family, your friends, strangers and how you deal with happenings around you.

We've had corrupt leaders and still do, but let us not as youths have vengeance in our hearts to get to a public position and siphon public funds. If we all do what is right every time, then we'll become the envy of nations again.

Let's stop the tribal bigotry on this forum and off it. The whole "Yoruba vs Igbo vs Hausa" ethnic discrimination is synonymous to having a vehicle with deflated wheels hoping to reach its destination.

Let's think individually, but act nationally. Nigeria will be great again.