Following the constant threat to the lives of residents, especially school children in states in the North-East, the Federal Government has approved the relocation of 3000 pupils from different federal schools in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe state to other states to schools in other states.
Nigerian school pupils
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Following the constant threat to the lives of residents, especially school children in states in the North-East, the Federal Government has approved the relocation of 3000 pupils from different federal schools in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe state to other states to schools in other states.
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajia Zainab Maina disclosed this in Abuja yesterday at an event to commemorate 2014 Universal Day of the Child. She said since children are the greatest assets 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 is highly regrettable,” she said.
Maina also charged Nigerian children not to be deterred in the face of the current challenges in the country but to continue to face their studies, as government is intensifying efforts to ensure that school environments are secure and safe for them.
She said the day has provided opportunity for stakeholders to sensitise themselves that there is no alternative to education and peace.