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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised the Federal Government to post armed men to guard schools 24 hours so as to halt the spate of kidnappings.
In a statement issued on Monday, he also reiterated his call for government to declare emergency in the education sector.
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His call followed the latest round of Kaduna school abductions.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election said: “I repeat my call for the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the education sector and to post 24-hour armed guards at every school in the affected and neighbouring states. No expense must be spared to keep our schools safe.
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“With 13.5 million children, Nigeria is already the world headquarters for out of school kids. This can only make things worse. It behooves on us as a nation to act decisively and excise this cancer of school abductions from our polity with clinically precise policies.
“We must also stop paying ransom at random. It is a short term solution that will cause much long term destruction. We must as a nation impose law and order now, or we will bequeath lawlessness and disorder to the next generation. And may God forbid that.”
Credit: Nigerian Tribune