Parents and other stakeholders in the education sector asking the Federal Government to do more, to secure school facilities across the country have been told to jettison the thought. To the government they are asking for the impossible.
The Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba said government could not secure every school in the country.
Rather, he urged Nigerians to be more vigilant and report any strange development or movement to arrest continued attacks on schools and abduction of students.
Nwajiuba who disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, said the
Federal Government has directed schools to report any security threat to the nearest security agency.
“Eternal vigilance is the price for security. Every nation is always concerned about the consciousness of its people. The Federal Government cannot secure every house. Everybody needs to be vigilant. We have passed this message to all our schools so that anywhere they are, if there is any threat, they know the nearest security agency to contact,” Nwajiuba said.
Nwajiuba also claimed that almost all schools in the country were fenced. “Almost all the schools in Nigeria, whether private or owned by the Federal Government, are mostly all fenced, except maybe some state schools.
“As you may also be aware, even if you put up a fence, these people (bandits) have been known to come through gates.
“So, perimeter fencing, by themselves are not too effective. The security consciousness is the thing. If you hear where some of them are being held, you will know that it is a question of self-consciousness and communities informing officials on time.”
