To stem the tide of kidnapping in schools, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence, NSCDC, is deploying undercover agents to schools and host communities to enhance security in schools nationwide.
The Commandant General, Dr Ahmed Audi gave the order on Friday in Kaduna at the closing ceremony of a five- day capacity building on Safe School Response.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that no fewer than 200 NSCDC personnel and other stakeholders from the seven states in the North West attended the five-day programme.
The capacity building was organised by the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre, NSSRCC.
Audi said that the Corps would partner with the Ministry of Education in each state and Local Education Authorities for the successful implementation of the directive.
He said the capacity building is to strengthen the resilience of relevant stakeholders including vigilante groups, retired security personnel, host communities and serving personnel of NSCDC.
He explained that the programme was to imbue in them all strategies and knowledge on how to provide protection for schools and host communities from violence and attacks.
Audi who was represented by ACG Training and Capacity Building, David Abi, said that the NSSRCC was a critical component of the implementation strategy of the National Plan on Safe Schools.
He said that the plan was developed by government to mobilise synergy among security agencies and relevant stakeholders towards schools’ protection.
The CG acknowledged the rising cases of attacks and violence on schools in Nigeria and its attendant negative impacts, including increasing the rate of out of school children in the country.
