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Apparently sensing the danger ahead, Federal Ministry of Education has directed the closure of all Federal Government Colleges in Abuja following security threats on the Unity Colleges located in the Federal Capital Territory.

Director of Media, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong, confirmed that the Ministry ordered evacuation of students from the schools.

This decision was as a result of rising insecurity and threat to the lives, security and wellbeing of the students therein.Some of the FGCs have been asked to vacate on Wednesday, while others will close on Tuesday.

The Federal government college, Kwali requested parents on Sunday not to fail to pick their children on Monday, unfailingly, due to directives from the Federal Ministry of Education.
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Also, the government called for calm among parents saying that authorities of the schools have been briefed appropriately on modules of closure between Monday and Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Senior members of Parent Teachers Forum have confirmed that parents are also to pick their children from the unity Colleges unfailingly by Tuesday.