The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has advised state governments to review policies and improve security in schools to check kidnapping.
She gave the advice on Wednesday during an event to commemorate The Day of the African Child with the theme “30 years after the adoption of the charter: Accelerate the implementation of Agenda 2040 for an Africa fit for children” in Abuja.
According to her, state governments and security agencies should rededicate to the Safe School declaration and ensure its practical implementation to protect children from incessant attacks and disruption of education.
She said “endorsement of the safe school declaration is not sufficient as implementation of this project is critical to preventing and responding to attacks on education, including those targeted toward women and girls.
“State governments must also review their policy of rewarding bandits with money and materials and rededicate such resource to improving security around schools”, she said.
