The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai on Monday announced the re-opening of all tertiary institutions located in the southern part of the state.

According to a statement signed by his spokesperson, Samuel Aruwan, the governor made the announcement when the he hosted some stakeholders from Southern Kaduna.

The statement said the schools which were closed in the heat of the Southern Kaduna crisis were re-opened due to the improved security situation in the state, adding that the government had completed plans to adopt a multi-campus structure that will assign at least one tertiary institution to every local government area.

“A multi-campus structure will help to make the state’s tertiary institutions more inclusive and expand the range of courses that the students can study by making most courses available in all campuses.

“This multi-campus policy will be implemented in a way that assigns at least one tertiary institution to each of the 23 Local Government Areas. The laws of some of our institutions are already being amended to reflect this,” the statement said.

“This new policy which has been approved by the State Executive Council aims to make access to higher education easier, make accreditation of courses more cost-effective as well as respond to the desire by several communities in the state to host tertiary institutions,” it added.