The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has revealed that the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre has foiled no fewer than 48 attacks on schools in different locations, such as Zamfara and Nasarawa States.The Nigerian government to protect its educational system organized a National Summit on Safe School with the theme, “Tackling Identified Threats in the Nigerian Safe Schools Project”, were several initiatives were taken to solve this, plague.
Education is known as the bedrock of any society, however, globally, the unfolding trend of events has presented serious attacks on education, with Nigeria as one of the countries badly affected. Nigeria has developed a National Plan for Financing Safe Schools 2023–2026, which was launched in December 2022, leading to the establishment of the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre.
The government is resolute in its commitment to curbing attacks on our schools, and the radical protecting security
Bolaji Babatunde, Senior Technical Adviser to SDF – Nigeria
Nigeria has over the years recorded a number of attacks on schools.the abduction of 276 girls in April 2014 from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok in Borno State, that of 110 girls from Government Girls Science School Dapchi in Yobe State, Bethel College Kaduna, Government Secondary School Kagara in Niger State, and the killing of schoolboys in Buni Yadi, amongst other attacks has left Nigerians thirsty to protect the schools.
To secure our schools, we must leverage on intelligence, because intelligence, makes planning precise and it makes actions quite efficient
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior – Nigeria
Nigeria’s Interior Minister Urges Increased Intelligence Gathering Amid Escalating School Attacks as he calls for efforts in proactive intelligence gathering by security agencies.These attacks not only pose a threat to the safety and well-being of students and teachers but also undermine the country’s education system and its ability to provide quality education to its citizens. An ugly situation the Nigerian government aims at reversing.