Plan International, a non-governmental organisation focused
on girls’ rights, says the Nigerian government has not learnt from past
experiences.
Making references to the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls
from Chibok in 2014, and a similar incident in Dapchi Secondary School in 2018,
the organisation said government should have put in place adequate security to
prevent the attack that occurred in Katsina over the weekend.
Gunmen had, on Friday, attacked Government Science Secondary
School, Kankara, Katsina, with over 300 students still missing as of Sunday
afternoon.
Hussaini Abdu, Plan International’s country director in
Nigeria, said the government should have learnt from previous incidents and put
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Making references to the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from Chibok in 2014, and a similar incident in Dapchi Secondary School in 2018, the organisation said government should have put in place adequate security to prevent the attack that occurred in Katsina over the weekend.
Gunmen had, on Friday, attacked Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina, with over 300 students still missing as of Sunday afternoon.
Hussaini Abdu, Plan International’s country director in Nigeria, said the government should have learnt from previous incidents and put in place security measures to ensure safety in schools.
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“The abduction of students of Government Boys Science Secondary School in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State by unknown abductors in an unfortunate indication that the nation and government has not learnt from the unfortunate incidents of abduction of 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in Borno State in 2014 and ano