Here are 41 Unity Colleges shut down by FG over insecurity

As insecurity deepens across parts of the country, the federal government has taken the drastic step of shutting down 41 unity colleges.

The closures reflect growing fears for the safety of students and highlight the worsening security situation.

Here are the colleges affected; Federal Government Girls College, Minjibir, Kano State; Federal Technical College, Ganduje, Kano State; Federal Government Girls College, Zaria, Kaduna State; Federal Technical College, Kafanchan, Kaduna State; Federal Government Girls College, Bakori, Katsina State; Federal Technical College, Dayi, Sokoto State; Federal Government College, Daura, Katsina State; Federal Government Girls College, Tambuwal, Sokoto State; Federal Science College Sokoto; and Federal Technical College, Wurno, Sokoto State.

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Federal Government College, Gusau, Zamfara State; Federal Government College, Anka, Zamfara State; Federal Government Girls College, Gwandu, Kebbi State; Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State; Federal Technical College, Zuru, Kebbi State; Federal Government Girls College, Kazaure, Jigawa State; Federal Government College, Kiyawa, Jigawa State; Federal Technical College, Hadejia, Jigawa State; Federal Government Girls College, Bida, Niger State; Federal Government College, New-Bussa, Niger State; Federal Technical College, Kuta-Shiroro, Niger State; Federal Government Academy, Suleja, Niger State; Federal Government College, Ilorin, Kwara State; Federal Government Girls College, Omuaran, Kwara State; Federal Technical College, Gwanara, Kwara State; Federal Government College, Ugwolawo, Kogi State; Federal Government Girls College, Kabba, Kogi State; Federal Technical College, Ogugu, Kogi State; Federal Government Girls College, FCT, Bwari, Abuja; and Federal Government College, FCT, Abuja.

Others are Federal Government Girls College, Abaji-Abuja; Federal Government Girls College; Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe State; Federal Technical College, Gashua, Yobe State; Federal Technical College, Michika, Adamawa State; Federal Government College, Ganye, Adamawa State; Federal Government College, Azare, Bauchi State; Federal Technical College, Misau, Bauchi State; Federal Government Girls College, Bajoga, Gombe State; Federal Government College, Billiri, Gombe State; and Federal Technical College, Zambuk, Gombe State.

Consequence to the rampaging insecurity threats flooding some parts of the country and the need to prevent any security breaches, the federal government mandated the immediate closure of the listed federal unity colleges with immediate effect.

The move came amid renewed mass abduction of students from learning institutions across the country.

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The closure comes on the heels of rising security threats across the country, with two mass abductions of students taking place in recent days.

In Niger State, gunmen attacked St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School in Papiri on Friday, abducting an unspecified number of students. Witnesses said that the attackers rode over 60 motorcycles and shot the school’s gatekeeper, who sustained serious injuries.