Abuja –  President Goodluck Jonathan has dispatched the Minister of Education, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau, to Kano to assess Wednesday’s bomb blast with a view to providing the needed relief materials for the victims.

The Coordinator, National Information Centre, Mr Mike Omeri, disclosed this on Thursday while giving an update on the blast which rocked the Federal College of Education in Kano.

Omeri said no arrest had been made in connection with the incident, but added that the police authorities were investigating the blast.

The coordinator said the 44 victims of the blast had been treated and discharged, and that six others were still on admission in various hospitals in the state.

It will be recalled that the police confirmed the death of 15 persons and 34 injured in the incident on Wednesday.

A student aided by a porter rummages through personal effects abandoned by students at the Federal College of Education in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, on September 17, 2014, following an attack by Boko Haram gunmen who stormed the lecture hall opening fire on students, killing 13 and injuring 34. One attacker was shot dead by police and another died after an explosive belt he was wearing detonated, according to the police. AFP PHOTO

“This is once again a pointer to the fact that whoever is behind the dastardly act will not relent; so far, nobody has claimed responsibility for the incidence in Kano.

“But whatever it is, the need for vigilance, the need for us to be aware of our neighbours and friends, and people working around us is even more important.

“So, citizens are advised to continuously be vigilant until the satisfactory message comes that insurgency and any act of terror has been wiped out of this land,’’ Omeri said.

On the recent allegation of human rights abuse leveled against the military by the Amnesty International, Omeri said the National Human Rights Commission had promised to investigate it.

He vowed that government would not tolerate human rights abuse in the country.