KATSINA BANS WHATSAPP GROUPS, PROHIBITS FACEBOOK IN SCHOOLS
The Katsina State Government has banned the use of Whatsapp groups as a means of disseminating information in schools.
In a later dated December 7, the Kaduna State Ministry of Education ordered that all School Whatsapp groups be wiped out as it creates problems and insubordination between the school authority and members of staff.
The letter signed by Muhammad Sada Dikko also referred to a previous directive prohibiting civil servants in the state from commenting “negatively or positively on Government activities on social media, particularly Facebook and Whatsapp.
On Wednesday, December 9, the State ministry of education released a statement stating that it did that not issue a blanket ban on social media but merely aimed to address “some administrative infringements" in a particular zone.
However, the state ministry of education emphasized members of staff will be “held responsible for whatever he or she writes on social media platforms.”
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