The Kogi State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has declared Friday a public holiday for schools in the Western Senatorial district and Ajaokuta Federal Constituency of the state.
This is to allow INEC to hold the inconclusive rerun senatorial election and a rerun of House of Representative poll of Ajaokuta federal constituency.
The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mr Eric Aina, in Lokoja, via a statement, directed all public and private schools to observe the public holiday.
The statement read: ”Ahead of the supplementary and re-run election in Kogi West Senatorial district and Ajaokuta Federal Constituency, Kogi Ministry of Education, Science and Technology have declared Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, as a public holiday for schools in these areas.
”All public and private schools in the affected areas to proceed on holiday from Nov. 29, 2019, and resume academic activities on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019
“The break is to ensure the smooth conduct of the polls in some designated school premises while the students and pupils stay under the custody of their parents during this period.
“All parents, schools’ heads, teachers, relevant stakeholders and the general public to take note.