I have directed that all schools that resumed on Monday 19th October 2020 are closed for the meantime from tomorrow 21st October 2020 because of the engulfing nationwide protest and the need to ensure safety of our students and staff.

Parents and the public are to note this directive and all schools are to comply.

Any inconvenience is regretted, while the State Government would ensure resumption of our schools as soon as possible.

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, ordered the closure of all schools in the state, till the end of the week.

As contained in a statewide broadcast, Makinde said the directive stemmed from the fact that thugs and hoodlums had taken advantage of #EndSARS protests to perpetrate uncivil acts and harass citizens who are going about their day-to-day activities.

In the meantime, Makinde said members of the state Joint Security Task Force, known as Operation Burst, had been deployed to various hotspots in Ibadan to arrest the situation and restore normalcy.

The Ekiti Government has ordered the immediate closure of all private and public schools following continued End SARS protests across the state.

The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr Kofoworola Aderiye, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti by Abimbola Dada, the Chief Information Officer in the ministry.

He said that the decision to close schools was a proactive step to safeguard the lives of pupils, students, teachers and other staff in the schools.

”It is also to accommodate difficulty being encountered by those finding it difficult to get to their respective schools,“ he said.
Aderiye also said that school activities would resume on Oct. 26.

Tunar18:

Either you like it or not, among the protesters, we have, Cultists, armed robbers, ex-convicts, hired killers as the likes.

It's time the genuine protesters withdraw even if it will be temporarily.

Iyepee53:
Shut down everywhere

Asquare84:
Jobless youth

zionmde:
imagine
havent our younger ones suffered enough. over 6 months at home. Now they are happy its time for school again some miscreants have chosen to also take dat away. why must protesters block the entire roads, its still d common person dat will suffer. Government workers, senators etc will still get their salaries

this protest has outstayed its welcome, prominent and honest protesters should back down at this moment let the security deal mercilessly with thugs who have succeeded in sabotaging this beautiful efforts

paulemmy19:
did we gain or lost? we lost to me. we turn the protest to something else

paulemmy19:
did we gain or lost? we lost to me. we turn the protest to something else