By Ismaila Jimoh, Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has debunked viral reports claiming that all Government Schools within the territory have been mandated to close by November 28,2025,It says “no such decision was taken at any level of the administration.”
Mandate Secretary, Education Secretariat FCTA, Dr. Danlami Hayyo debunked the report late Tuesday evening, saying it was fake, as he never enforced it.
Hayyo noted that it is only the Minister and himself that could sign a credible circular and not a director of any department.
According to him: “ Seriously, the way you saw the circular is the same way that I see the circular, which I believe is a wrong circular because the director that signed the circular has no right to do that.
“ In the FCT administration, you can only close schools with the approval of the Honorable Minister of FCT. He’s the only person that can direct the closure of schools due to one reason or the other.
But we never had any information, I never received any approval from the Honorable Minister and I never see anything like that that warrants closure of schools on or before Friday 28th”.
Meanwhile, a statement by the FCT Minister’s media aide, Lere Olayinka announced that the Mandate Secretary for Education has been suspended with immediate effect.
