… Mandate Secretary Suspended.
By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has debunked early reports circulating in Abuja on Tuesday that all government schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were mandated to close by November 28, 2025.
The Mandate Secretary for Education Dr. Danlami Hayyo late Tuesday debunked such reports, saying they are fake and he never endorsed them, adding that “no such decision was taken at any level of the administration.”
Hayyo stated that it is only the minister and himself who could sign a credible circular and not a director of any department.
He said, “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 who 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 saw 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.
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