Insecurity -FG Orders Closure Of 41 Federal Unity Colleges

 

Federal Government has ordered the immediate closure of 41 Federal Unity Colleges, following rising trend of attacks on schools in the Northern part of Nigeria 

 The Federal Ministry of Education issued the fresh directive through a circular dated November 21, 2025,

The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, approved the shutdown following “the recent security challenges” in parts of the country and the need to prevent breaches.

Alausa in the  circular, asked principals of affected schools to enforce the closure without delay. 

The 41 schools are in states across the North-West, North-East, North-Central, and parts of the South.

Sequel to the recent security challenges in some parts of the country and the need to prevent any security breaches, the Honourable Minister of Education has approved the immediate closure of the listed Federal Unity Colleges (FUCs) with immediate effect. Principals of affected Colleges are to ensure strict compliance,” the circular, signed by the Director of Senior Secondary Education, Hajia Abdulkadir, on behalf of the Minister, read in part.

The affected schools are listed below 

1. FGGC MINJIBIR

2. FTC GANDUJE

3.FGGC ZARIA

4. FTC KAFANCHAN

5. FGGC BAKORI

6. FTC DAYI

7. FGC DAURA

8. FGGC TAMBUWAL

9. FSC SOKOTO

10. FTC WURNO

11. FGC GUSAU

12. FGC ANKA

13. FGGC GWANDU

14. FGC BIRNIN YAURI

15. FTC ZURU

16. FGGC KAZAURE

17. FGC KIYAWA

18. FTC HADEJIA

19. FGGC BIDA

20. FGC NEW-BUSSA

21. FTC KUTA-SHIRORO

22. FGA SULEJA

23. FGC ILORIN

24. FGGC OMUARAN

25. FTC GWANARA

26. FGC UGWOLAWO

27. FGGC KABBA

28. FTC OGUGU

29. FGGC BWARI

30. FGC RUBOCHI

31. FGGC ABAJI

32. FGGC POTISKUM

33. FGC BUNI YADI

34. FTC GASHUA

35. FTC MICHIKA

36. FGC GANYE

37. FGC AZARE

38. FTC MISAU

39. FGGC BAJOGA

40. FGC BILLIRI

41. FTC ZAMBUK

Renewed Attacks on Schools

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

Similarly in  Niger State, gunmen attacked St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School in Papiri on Friday, abducting over 200 persons including staff and  students. 

Witnesses said that the attackers rode over 60 motorcycles and shot the school’s gatekeeper, who sustained serious injuries.

Before that, assailants had seized 25 schoolgirls during an attack on a school in Maga town, Kebbi State.

Meanwhile, the rising tension sparked a rumour of the abduction of students in Nasarawa, claims police authorities in the state immediately dismissed.

But the Nasarawa State Police Command described the report that two pupils were taken from St. Peter’s Academy in Rukubi as “false and not reflective of the true state of affairs”.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had already decided to stay back from his earlier trip to Johannesburg in South Africa for G-20 summit and later in Angola for another official visit in response to the escalating threats to schools in the Northern part of the country 

President Tinubu also directed the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to relocate to Kebbi to oversee rescue operations.

The surge in school attacks and kidnappings has intensified insecurity across northern states, prompting urgent calls for coordinated action.

The renewed abduction of students is the latest in a series of kidnappings in learning institutions, dating back to 2014 when students were taken away in Chibok, Borno State.