School Resumption: We Receive Directives From Our Gov, Not PTF – Zamfara Commissioner

On his part, the Zamfara State Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, in an interview  said schools in the state started resuming on Sunday (yesterday).

The commissioner said,  “We have already reopened our schools beginning from today, Sunday.  We have reopened our boarding schools today (Sunday), while the day schools will resume tomorrow (Monday).

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When asked  why the state  was  not following the PTF’s recommendation that schools should not resume till the Jan 18, the commissioner said, “PTF is not the one that gives us directives.

“My directive comes from my governor who asked us to reopen our schools which we have done and we are going to start the first term examination on Wednesday”.