The Federal Authorities has dismissed false social media claims that every one Federal Unity Faculties would shut, amid rising safety issues and up to date assaults concentrating on colleges throughout the nation.
The clarification was contained in a press release issued and signed on Saturday by Boriowo Folasade, Director of Press and Public Relations for the Federal Ministry of Schooling.
The Ministry defined that the message didn’t originate from the Federal Authorities, the Ministry, any State Ministry of Schooling, or any recognised safety company, and urged the general public to rely strictly on verified bulletins issued by official channels.
“The Federal Ministry of Schooling hereby informs most of the people {that a} message at present circulating on social media platforms, alleging that colleges nationwide have been directed to shut from twenty fourth November 2025, is fake, deceptive, and didn’t originate from the Federal Authorities, the Federal Ministry of Schooling, any State Ministry of Schooling or any recognised safety company,” the assertion learn partly.
It added, “Any announcement, advisory, or discover coming from unofficial or unverified sources needs to be ignored and never shared.”
Members of the general public have been additionally urged to at all times confirm the authenticity of knowledge earlier than circulating it as a way to curb the unfold of misinformation.
The false declare in regards to the closure of 47 Federal Unity Faculties throughout the nation was reportedly linked to a round dated 21 November and signed by Binta Abdulkadir, Director of Senior Secondary Schooling—a round that was even reported by the Nigerian Tv Authority and different mainstream media shops.
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