FCE Gombe closed over insurgency

The Federal College of Education (FCE) Technical, Gombe, has been closed down indefinitely. 

The Provost of the College, Dr Adamu Gimba-Abbas, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe, on Sunday. 

Gimba-Abbas explained that the decision to close the institution was done in consultation with the Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, the Executive Secretary of the National Commission of Colleges of Education (NCCE) and other stakeholders. 

According to him, military operatives were now occupying the college since February. 10. 

"When I sought for the reason, I was told that it was a base for military operation which they could not determine the period," said the provost.

Posted by Donatus Joshua at 06:51