By Uzair Adam Imam
Over 75 secondary schools in Zambara State were closed due to the menacing security challenges bedevilling the area over the years.
A permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Kabiru Attahiru, made the disclosure Saturday in Gusau while reading a goodwill message during a two-day meeting.
It was gathered that the meeting was held to sensitise the National Policy on Gender in Education (NPGE) and was organised by the state’s Universal Basic Education Board in partnership with UNICEF.
He stated that the schools had been closed since September 2021 following attacks on two girls’ schools in the state.
He added that the state government is working very hard to ensure the reopening of the schools that were shut down due to threats by bandits.
Zamfara has become the epicentre of banditry and kidnapping, the development that widowed many and orphaned thousands of kids.
