House of Reps Demand Presence of Security Operatives in Schools Across the Country

The House of Representatives has called for security presence in schools across the nation to address the worsening security situation in the country.
The decision of the House is sequel to the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved at the plenary on Wednesday by Billy Osawaru.
Presenting the motion, Osawaru decried that students are no longer safe even in their schools, especially, in places like Borno, Nasarawa, Niger, Zamfara, Katsina and Kaduna States.
He recalled that 287 schoolchildren from a government-owned school in Kaduna State’s Kuriga town and about 24 students of the Federal University of Gusau in Zamfara State were kidnapped by bandits.
He warned that schools might be shut down if attacks by terrorists and bandits on schools across the country continue, asking drastic measures been taken to curb the escalating insecurity situation in the country and in the schools.