{"id":8172,"date":"2023-02-09T14:17:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T14:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=8172"},"modified":"2023-02-09T14:17:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T14:17:09","slug":"just-in-fg-orders-closure-of-universities-due-to-upcoming-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/just-in-fg-orders-closure-of-universities-due-to-upcoming-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Just In: FG Orders Closure Of Universities Due to Upcoming Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Federal Government has directed all Universities and Inter-University Centers to shut down and academic activities suspended from<em><strong> February 22 to March 14<\/strong><\/em> over the forthcoming 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The directive was contained in a circular dated <em><strong>February 3, 202<\/strong><\/em>3 and addressed to all Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities and Directors\/Chief Executives of Inter-University Centres by the National Universities Commission (NUC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news was contained in a circular released by NUC, directing\u00a0Vice-Chancellors, as well as Directors\/Chief Executives of inter-university centers, to shut down their respective Institutions from Wednesday 22 February 2023 to Tuesday 14 March 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The circular reads in parts: <em>\u201cAs Vice-Chancellors of all Universities and Directors Chief Executives of Inter University Centres are quite aware, the 2023 General Elections have been scheduled to hold on Saturday 25 February 2023, for the Presidential and National Assembly, and Saturday 11 March 2023 for Gubernatorial and State Assembly, respectively.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIn view of the foregoing and concerns expressed on the security of staff, students and properties of the our respective institutions, the Honourable Minister of Education, Mal. Adamu Adamu has following extensive consultations with the relevant security agencies, directed that all Universities and Inter University Centres be shut down and academic activities be suspended between 22 February and 14th March, 2023<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cConsequently, Vice-Chancellors, as well as Directors\/Chief Executives of inter-university centres, are by this Circular requested to shut down their respective Institutions from Wednesday 22 February 2023 to Tuesday 14 March 2023.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: newsbreak.ng<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has directed all Universities and Inter-University Centers to shut down and academic activities suspended from February 22<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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