Following incessant abduction of students by bandits and kidnappers, the Federal Government has revealed measures to secure 110 unity colleges across the country.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who revealed this on Thursday said that part of the security measures being considered was the schools have “a complex and sophisticated communication architecture.”
A statement by the ministry’s Director of Press, Ben Goong, quoted the minister to have said this at the Federal Government College Otobi, Benue State.
He was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Sonny Echono, at the inauguration of some projects at the college.
The statement read: “The safety of our children is a topmost priority to the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“The government would leave no stone unturned in her efforts to ensure the safe recovery of the remaining abducted children of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi State.
“The Federal Government is putting in place greater security measures, including a complex and sophisticated communication architecture that would make it almost impossible for bandits and other criminal elements to operate so as to safeguard all unity colleges as well as prevent a recurrence of the Yauri ugly experience.”
The minister further said, “The Federal Government has approved the full engagement of teachers from the Parent Teachers Associations across unity colleges.
“The ministry has already begun the process that would lead to the regularisation of the appointments of these teachers.
“The engagement of the PTA teachers would be restricted to qualified teachers who meet the new entry requirements into the teaching profession in Nigeria.”