The Kwara State Government has announced Monday, February 2, 2026, for the reopening of all schools hitherto closed due to security challenges in parts of the state.

This is contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Dr Lawal Olohungbebe on Sunday in Ilorin.

Olohungbebe said that the decision to reopen the schools followed improvement in the security situation in the state.

The commissioner said that government decision on reopening of schools on Monday had been communicated to authorities of the affected schools.

“The government deems the situation now to be a lot better than it was before. Even so, we continue to maintain vigilance. Security operations will continue steadily to sustain the gains of the past weeks while the government builds community resilience along with the kinetic efforts,” Olohungbebe said.

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