Safe School Initiative: Endless attacks on schoolchildren 10 years on

in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, in a renewed attack on schools by bandits...The renewed attacks on schools and terrorists freely kidnapping pupils have raised questions on the gains of the Safe School Initiative of the Federal Government, and the millions of dollars it got in 2014, IYABO LAWAL reports.

The following day, the government committed an additional $10 million. During the following weeks, commitments were made by the United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, and the African Development Bank to support the initiative. According to its template, the SSI was to start by building community security groups to promote safe zones for education, consisting of teachers, parents, police, community leaders, and young people themselves.

As planned, this national fund was to be complemented by the establishment of the Nigeria Safe Schools Initiative multi-donor trust fund and also for donors for matching co-financing and implementation of activities pertaining to the initiative. The plan proposed to spend N32.58 billion in 2023, N36.98 billion in 2024, N37.15 billion in 2025 and N38.03 billion in 2026. Illiya explained that the initiative, expected to get underway in 18 states considered very high-risk, would initially cover 48 schools from each of the states.

According to the United Nations Children’s Fund , the number of schools forced to close due to rising insecurity in conflict-affected areas of West and Central Africa tripled between the end of 2017 and 2021. As of June 2021, 9,272 schools were closed in the region, affecting more than 1.91 million children and nearly 44,000 teachers.

On the night of April 14, 2014, 276 female students were kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State. Boko Haram claimed responsibility. 2020: On December 11, 2020, more than 303 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina were kidnapped by gunmen. Also, on December 19, another 80 Islamic school students in Dandume, Kastina were kidnapped. These children were later rescued by the security operatives.

Another attack took palace On May 30 at an Islamic school in Niger state with armed men abducting about 100 students. The next month, on June 17, over 96 students and eight teachers were abducted by bandits at Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State.

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