The Anambra State Government has directed all categories of schools in the state to ensure full resumption of academic activities on Mondays, warning that non-compliant schools will be shut down.

According to NAN, the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Awka.

She said that a circular conveying the directive had already been issued to school authorities.

“The order, given at the instance of Governor Chukwuma Soludo, applies to all public, private, mission and returned schools across the state.

“Any school that fails to resume activities on Mondays will face immediate closure,” she was quoted as saying.

This development follows the move by the Soludo administration to end the closure of schools, markets, and businesses on Mondays over the sit-at-home originally declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra to protest the detention of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

PUNCH recently reported that the Anambra State Government has issued an Executive Order abolishing the closure of schools on Mondays over the sit-at-home, warning that any teacher or non-tutorial staff who fails to comply will either receive 20 per cent of their salary or forfeit it entirely. (The PUNCH)