The Kogi State Government has directed all primary and secondary schools in the state to reopen on Monday, February 23, with immediate effect.
Mr. Matthew Eri Salami, Director of Basic and Secondary Education in the state Ministry of Education, disclosed this in a statement and made available to newsmen on Saturday in Lokoja.
The statement directed schools to resume on Monday next week.
The statement reads in part: “I am directed to inform you that schools are to resume on Monday, 23rd of February, 2026, after the emergency mid-term break.
“Other information will be communicated later.”
Recall that the state government had ordered the temporary closure of schools across the state for two weeks from February 4, citing security concerns.
According to the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, the temporary closure of schools across the state was a “Purely preventive decision, taken on the basis of credible intelligence and the overriding need to put protective measures in place around schools to safeguard pupils, students, and teachers.
“The government chose to act proactively rather than wait for avoidable incidents.”
The directive was followed a statement from the Kogi State Chairman of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Pastor Reuben Jimoh, directing members to comply immediately.
“The midterm break for school has been fast-forwarded, and we shall be resuming on 16th /02/2026. Therefore, there will be no school tomorrow until 16th /02/2026. No school should go against this adjustment.”
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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