NEC expresses outrage over Kankara School abduction
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
THE National Economic Council, NEC, Wednesday expressed outrage over the abduction of Kankara school boys in Katsina State by terrorists, describing the act as not only criminal and lawless but a deliberate attempt to sow seeds of fear in people.
NEC commiserated with families of the victims of the abduction and consoled with the people and government of Katsina State.
This is as the Council also raised the alarm over the spike in COVID-19 cases in the country, advocating rigorous and strict enforcement of COVID-19 protocols.
NEC, in a virtual meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, condemned the brazen act of the abductors.
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The National Economic Council (NEC) has expressed outraged over last week’s abduction, by Boko Haram, of hundreds of students from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State.
Rising from a virtual meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, in Abuja, on Thursday, the council strongly condemned the act, calling for more collaboration between security agencies and communities to prevent a repeat.
NEC described the abduction as a deliberate act to sew fear in people.
The resolution issued at the end of the meeting said: “NEC expressed outrage on the kidnapping of the boys in their school premises and utterly condemned the brazen act of the abductors as not only criminal and lawless but a deliberate attempt to sow seeds of fear in people.
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