Kano State orders schools resumption

Kano State government directed on Sunday that pupils and students should return to school on Monday, May 17 since the Eid el-Fitri holiday is over.

The directive did not cover the 36 boarding schools government ordered closed early in the year on security grounds.

Commissioner for Education, Malam Muhammad Sanusi-Kiru said in a statement issued by the ministry’s spokesman, Mr Aliyu Yusuf, that defaulting pupils and students would be sanctioned.

Sanusi-Kiru added that the ministry had made adequate arrangements for monitoring to ensure compliance.

He warned that government…