The Federal Government of Nigeria plans to use specific steps to combat the persistent bandit attacks on soft targets, particularly schools.
Some of the steps include the temporary termination of boarding schools in remote areas, the establishment of a dedicated security unit for schools, and the incorporation of security studies into our institutions’ curricula.
Mr Andrew Adejo, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, announced this yesterday in Yola at the 81st Joint Consultative Committee on Education. Other measures include drills for students and teachers on emergency procedures, the construction of perimeter walls around schools, and the installation of CCTV/alarm systems.
Adejo noted that it had “become very pertinent in the light of attacks on our educational institutions, kidnapping of innocent children, wards and even parents and guardians, culminating in an unsettling air of insecurity that threatens our educational systems. The need to ensure the delivery of qualitative education in Nigeria is a common trend that runs through all parents, hence the need to ensure the existence of a peaceful, secure and serene environment for effective teaching and learning, only if we work individually and collectively towards eliminating extreme cases of fear and uncertainty.”
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Declaring the workshop open, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, among others, said, “ While the general security lives and properties of all Adamawa citizens remain our paramount priority, more important is the security of the schools that hatches the younger ones to take up the task of the nation building.”
Fintiri added that “Government has a duty to carry on the responsibilities of the provision of the required infrastructure. I must add that we all have vital roles to play; school managers, facilitators, teachers, administrators, role models, parents and guardians have to play these roles responsibly. It is indeed, one thing, to secure the schools from external aggression and an entirely different thing to keep.”
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