The Edo State Government has announced the indefinite postponement of resumption of the 2024/25 academic session. This follows a previous postponement of the original resumption date, which had been scheduled for September 9, 2024.

In a statement released on Sunday in Benin City, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Ojo Akin-Longe, addressed rumors of a new resumption date circulating within the state.

“We reference the earlier notice postponing the resumption of all public and private schools in Edo State from the initial date of September 9, 2024. It has come to our attention that false reports are being spread, claiming that schools will reopen on Monday, 23rd September 2024," the statement read.

Akin-Longe further emphasized that this misinformation did not come from the Edo State Government, calling it the work of "mischief makers," and asked the public to disregard such false notifications.