The Lagos State Government will not hold its annual holiday special teaching this year for fear of kidnappers. Tagged ‘Science Vacation Course for Sec
The Lagos State Government will not hold its annual holiday special teaching this year for fear of kidnappers. Tagged ‘Science Vacation Course for Secondary School Students,’ the annual holiday teaching session is meant to boost pupils’ interest in science courses. The Lagos govt in a memo to all the permanent secretaries in the six educational districts in the state blamed security situation and threats by kidnappers for the decision.
It was gathered that the state government also based its decision on the fact that the six kidnapped pupils of the Lagos State Model College Igbonla, Epe, were yet to be freed. The pupils; Peter Jonah, Isiaq Rahmon, Adebayo George, Judah Agbausi, Pelumi Philips and Farouq Yusuf, were kidnapped around 6am on Thursday, May 25, after the kidnappers broke into the school’s hostel. The kidnappers had last Sunday promised to release the children, but had yet to do so after 55 days in captivity.
In a memo signed by a director in the state Ministry of Education, the Lagos govt also said its officials would move round the designated centres to make sure that none of them opened for the course. It read in part, “I wish to inform you that the 2017 Science Vacation Course which had earlier been scheduled to hold between July 24 and August 25, 2017 will no longer hold due to the security in the country, especially the recent threats by kidnappers. You are, hereby, requested to ensure that the selected centres comply with this directive.”
