Two comments by high ranking Nigerians recently have brought to the fore the dangers the education sector in the country is facing at the moment; attacks on schools and the abduction of students, especially in the northern part of the country.
“Almost all the schools in Nigeria, whether private or owned by the Federal Government, are mostly all fenced, except maybe some state schools. Also of note is a comment made by the Vice-Chancellor of the Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State, North-East Nigeria, Professor Mohammed Kyari, at the convocation lecture of the Adamawa University, Mubi at the weekend.
“One of the reasons Boko Haram and bandits have continued to attack schools is because of payment of ransoms. A lot of money has been exchanging hands, with Boko Haram, terrorists at the receiving end. DAILY POST reports that states like Katsina, Zamfara, Kano and Kaduna have been forced to shut down schools in parts of the state over the fear of abductions, further putting the education sector in jeopardy.
“I want to believe that the minister does not know the effect of his comment on the students, school managers and parents. Even the bandits, I can say categorically must have been emboldened now by that revelation, because that is what it is. Nigerian students, especially in the North, school managers and parents have just been told that they are on their own. And that is gradually destroying education in the country and by extension, the future of Nigerian children.
“I hope the current situation in the country will spur our leaders at every strata to begin to see the necessity of having state police in the country. The current policing system is grossly overwhelmed. It calls for urgent and concerted efforts to salvage the security of the country, and that can only be done when policing and security is decentralised. There are no two ways to it. The time for state police is now.
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