Nigeria: Why FGCs Were Closed, By Yobe Govt

14 March 2014

Damaturu — The Yobe Government has said that the closure of Federal Government Colleges in the three north-eastern states would help the students and their parents overcome fear and phobia arising from armed attacks.

The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the Federal Government ordered the closure of unity colleges in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states in February following attacks on the colleges by gunmen.

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