A REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL POLICY ON SAFETY, SECURITY AND VIOLENCE-FREE SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA - By Edoreh Omowera Stephen
Armed attacks on schools in Nigeria has become a recurring decimal sending alarming shockwaves across the country. The scale and manner in which the attacks are carried out, and the poor response on part of the government calls for a conscientious and methodical review of the government safety and security policy/intervention plans. During ex- President Goodluck Jonathan's administration, 276 students of Government Girls Secondary School located in Chibok town Borno State, aged 16-18 and mostly Christians, were kidnapped by the daredevil terrorist group, Boko Haram. While the nation was still grappling with the trauma of Chibok girls attack, the terrorists struck again, this time on February 19, 2018 during late Muhammadu Buhari's regime. 110 school girls, aged 11-19 years old, were kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state. This kind of embarrassing situation which would make a Donald Trump call...