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By Chhristiana Ekpa
The House of Representatives yesterday asked the Federal Government to urgently implement the Safe Schools Declaration to protect children and teachers in the country from attacks and ensure that their education continues without hindrance at all times. The House also asked the government to expedite action on the safe return of all abducted school children in the country right from the incidents of Chibok school girls to the most recent one at Kankara Town in Katsina State. The House equally wants the government to forward the Safe Schools Declaration to the National Assembly for ratification and domestication.
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THE National leadership of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to down tools if decisive actions are not taken to address the ugly trend, saying it is highly disturbed by the re-emerging incidence of school invasion and abduction of teachers and students across the country’s educational institutions.
NUT Secretary-General, Dr Mike Ike Ene, while reacting to the invasion of Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, by armed men in a statement on Tuesday, called on the Federal Government to ensure the safe release of the students and teachers held in captivity.
He said it was unfortunate that the current administration has failed to secure the lives of Nigerians and innocent school children who often become prey to the attackers.
The motion noted that schools not only in the north have been attacked by criminal elements and students abducted in many instances.
It stated that, in April, 2014, a Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State was attacked and 276 female students were kidnapped.
The motion added that another attack was launched at Federal Government College Buni Yadi in Yobe State in February, 2014, whereby dozens of students were murdered and classrooms set on fire.
“In February, 2018, at about 5:50am, 110 school girls aged between 11-19 years were kidnapped from the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi in Yobe State.
“Similar attacks include Babington Junior Secondary School, Ikorodu, Lagos State; Turkish international Secondary School, Isheri in Ogun State; Lagos State Senior Model College, lgbonia in Lagos State and Government Girls Secondary School, Moriki in Zamfara State.
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