The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has ordered the closure of five health training institutions in the state as an effort to prevent another attack on the schools.
The directive was contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Health, Hadiza Mustapha Namadi, in Kano on Sunday.
The statement listed the affected institutions as the School of Health Technology Bebeji, School of Nursing Madobi, and the Schools of Midwifery in Gwarzo, Gezawa and Dambatta.
Recall that the Kano State Government had on Saturday ordered the immediate closure of 12 secondary schools and four tertiary institutions in the outskirts of the state capital over increasing insecurity.
It said the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminu Ibraim Tsanyawa, noted that adequate arrangements have been made for the students to continue with their academic activities.
The statement advised parents and guardians to pick their children from their respective schools on Sunday morning.
The past weeks have witnessed the attack on schools by bandits in Zamfara and Niger states, leading to the abduction of several students in the raids.
