Curbing Abduction: Adamawa Government Engages Vigilantes To Protect Schools

In an effort to prevent the incessant abduction of students across the country, the Adamawa State Government has engaged local hunters and vigilantes to protect schools and prevent the abduction of students.

The state Commissioner of Ministry of Education and Human Service, Wilbina Jackson, made the disclosure in Yola, the state capital, in an event organised by Education in Emergencies Working Group, to commemorate the International Day to Protect Education in the state.

She noted that the government took the measure in an effort to save the state from the abductions that have occurred in many parts of the country in recent times.

Jackson further explained that the vigilantes were required to complement the efforts of regular security arrangements.

The event tagged ‘International Day to Protect Education against Attack in Adamawa State’, which was organised by Education in Emergencies Working Group Nigeria in collaboration with the state Ministry of Education, featured student representatives from the Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Yola, who made a speech and staged a drama.

The state Focal Person of the Education in Emergencies Working Group, Medugu Stephen, said his organisation works with stakeholders, especially in the focal states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, to ensure that schools remain open and studies are uninterrupted irrespective of emergency situations that may arise.

Stephen added that as much as his organisation supports de-boarding in secondary schools for security reason as the Adamawa State Government has done, his organisation is working with the state government to see that no student drops out of school, even as some may have to leave their current schools for schools nearer to their homes.