Schools In 14 States, FCT Risk Attacks, Says FG
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Schools in Nigeria, in the last decade, have come under recurring security threats. This is as a result of insurgency targeted at schools and resulting in the abduction of students and teachers, destruction of infrastructure, closure of schools and increase in internal displacement of persons in areas affected and prone to these security threats.
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Over the next couple of weeks, I will be sharing my thoughts on the challenges of Safe Schools in Nigeria and the measures that are being taken by security agencies and educational stakeholders to promote the safety of our schools.
Security threats to our schools, most notably the Northern part of Nigeria, by various criminal groups including armed bandits, militants and terrorist groups (Boko Haram and ISWAP), continues to impact negatively on our education system in the country. School children are currently at risk of – radicalisation, recruitment, sexual exploitations including early marriage, defilement and rape, lead
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Former Nigerian Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has described the release of over 300 schoolboys abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, as wonderful news.
She also urged the government to revive the Safe School Initiative to ensure better protection for students.
Okonjo-Iweala, who is the leading candidate for the job of director-general of the World Trade Organisation, made this known on Twitter last night.
“Return of Katsina boys is wonderful news!! Time to revive the #SafeSchool initiative and implement it comprehensively to protect our children,” she tweeted.
The PUNCH had earlier reported that gunmen on motorcycles attacked the school over a week ago and abducted the students. The abduction occurred some hours after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) arrived in Daura, Katsina for a week-long private visit.
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Published 16 December 2020
“It is not just a condolence visit, it is a statement that all of us are fed up with the shedding of innocent blood under whatever guise across this country. So many lives have been lost in the past, we can’t even compute how many lives we have lost. It becomes like a daily occurrence, a daily event. A new normal, it becomes a story when in a day, nobody was killed in a particular place of this country.”
– Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, during a condolence visit to Borno State over the Zabarmari killings.
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