Insecurity: FG Moves to Protect Bauchi Schools from Threats 

Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi

To secure students and provide a serene teaching and learning environment, the federal government, through the ministries of finance and defence, has taken a measure to protect selected schools in Bauchi State from any security threat.

The permanent secretary of the Bauchi Ministry of Education, Dr Sule Madara, announced this during a news conference in his office at the weekend.

Madara, the acting education commissioner, also explained that a team from the two ministries had already visited Governor Bala Mohammed and intimated that Bauchi was selected as one of the pilot states to benefit from the intervention.

According to him, in line with the intervention tagged ‘Financing Safe Schools Initiative’, the team requested the state government to provide it 48 schools prone to security threats across Bauchi.

He added that the intervention is through a fund dedicated to providing security to schools in vulnerable areas by the federal government in helping the state combat these security issues in schools in prone areas.

Madara noted that visiting Governor Bala Mohammed was to introduce the delegation from the federal ministries of finance, defence and other security agencies “to come to Bauchi and assess the security situations of security-prone schools.”

Madara added, “They came and intimated the government about the fund that is made available to address the security challenges of schools that are prone to security issues in the country, and they have chosen Bauchi state as one of the pilot states.” 

The delegation “requested 48 schools to start with in Bauchi,” comprising five primary schools each from the three senatorial districts, five junior secondary schools, five senior secondary schools, and one tertiary institution from each of the three senatorial districts.