Terrorism: Over 100 Zamfara schools shut down

Over 100 hundred schools In Zamfara State have been shut down in different parts of the state due to incessant attacks by terrorists.

This report is according to the PUNCH newspaper which said most of the affected schools had been converted to bandits’ abodes.

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The Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Education, Alhaji Kabiru Attahiru, during a two-day event organised by SUBEB in partnership with UNICEF in Gusau, the state capital, said at least 75 secondary schools in the state were closed due to security concerns.

Also, the state Chairman of the NUT, Labbo Hassan, stated that residents who could not flee their homes in the affected areas were being compelled to work for the terrorists.

He said: “It should be more than 75 (schools). About 106 schools were shut down due to insecurity. They (terrorists) have made most of the schools their accommodation sites. They go out, do what they want and return to the schools.

“Most of the residents left the places and those who are there have to be loyal to the terrorists and work for them. If they (residents) want to go to their farms and work freely, they pay some money. Notwithstanding that, when the crops are mature, the terrorists can seize them.”