INSECURITY: 85 SCHOOLS CLOSED IN BORNO

The Borno State government yesterday closed 85
Government Secondary Schools in the state as a
result of incessant attacks by the Boko Haram sect
in the region. Governor Kashim Shettima who
disclosed this on Monday, also told the Hausa
Service of the BBC that it was pertinent to close the
schools to protect the lives and properties of
innocent students as well as the school properties
in the state.
Shettima said, "The schools are to remain closed
until security situation in the state improves," the
governor said.
Boko Haram had attacked schools in the North
East leading to the shutting down of five Federal
Unity Colleges in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states
by the federal government.
The affected schools are Federal Government Girls
College, Munguno and Federal Science and
Technical College, Lassa in Borno; Federal
Government College, Potiskum and Federal
Government College, Buni Yadi in Yobe, as well as
Federal Science and Technical College, Michika,
Adamawa.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan has
again set up an 8-man Presidential Committee on
Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security
Challenges in the North to engage Boko Haram in
dialogue and design a framework for resolving the
violence.
Chairman of the committee and minister of special
duties, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, told the BBC that the
new committee set by the president will secretly
conduct its activities and develop mechanisms to
address the underlying causes of insurgencies to
prevent future occurrences.