Public schools in Nigeria are facing new security challenges such as the mass abduction of students by bandits in parts of the country.
On a cold Monday morning in July, pupils walked in twos and threes into the school premises. Chit-chatting and playing, the children strolled into the only primary school in the community. Since its establishment on March 12, 1925, the school has experienced little development – save for the construction of the 16-classroom block by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration two years ago.
“The insecurity in Nigeria today is not something to joke with. Even people are not assured of security in their houses not to talk of a school that has no fence, no gate.
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