KADUNA SHUTS COLLEGE

The Kaduna State Government has announced the closure of Government Girls College (GGC) and Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) in Zonkwa, Zangon Kataf local

government area of the state following fire outbreak that gutted it’s hostels.

The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr Shehu Adamu, confirmed the decision in Zonkwa while briefing newsmen shortly after he visited the schools to ascertain the level of damage caused by the inferno.

Recall that fire had razed two hostels in GGC and a hostel in GGSS Zonkwa in the early hours of Tuesday while students were in class.

The Commissioner explained that the decision to close down the schools until further notice was to forestall further outbreak that might lead to loss of lives, particularly if it occur at night.According to him, “I ordered that the schools be closed down as soon as I received the sad news of the fire incident to prevent further disaster.

“The worst-case scenario is for another fire incident to occur when the students are sleeping; lives would be lost. We are even lucky this one occurred in the morning when the students were in their classes, “he said.Adamu described the fire outbreak as unfortunate, adding that the cause of the fire in GGC is being investigated, while a suspect has been arrested in connection with that of GGSS.

“Based on the report on my table, while people are trying to put out the fire at GGC, there was an alarm of another fire at a hostel in the neighbouring GGSS