Following the persistent threat to lives in schools in the Northeast part of the country, the Federal Government has approved the transfer of 3,000 students from various Unity schools in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe state to other states.
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajia Zainab Maina, who disclosed this on Thursday at the programme to mark the 2014 Universal day of the African Child, also appealed to the Boko Haram sect to allow peace to reign in the country, saying “there can’t be development without peace.”
She urged Nigerian children not to be deterred but to continue to face their studies as government is doubling its efforts to ensure that school environment remain secured and safe.
Hajia Maina said since children are the greatest asset of any nation and the foundation on which the future of the nations are built, the Federal Government will not rest on its oars until schools are safe in the country.
“While government is putting on strategies through development of various policies and programmes to accelerate the change, the unfortunate and regrettable incidents where our innocent school children were either being abducted or massacred are highly regrettable,” she stated.
Speaking on the theme of the 2014 celebration: “Children’s Education as an imperative for sustainable development,” the minister said the country needs educated ones to occupy significant positions in order to improve the society. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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