Insecurity: Niger to Transfer Students in Boarding Schools to Safer Locations

•Declares state of emergency on education in Niger North Senatorial Zone

Laleye Dipo in Minna

As insecurity continues to fester in some communities across Niger State, the government has said it will now transfer students in insecure environments to safer places.

This is just as the governor has declared a state of emergency on education in the Niger North Senatorial zone.

Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago announced these in Kagara town at the weekend when he began an inspection of projects being embarked by his administration in Rafi Local Government Area that all Day Schools in the local government area will be renovated while students in boarding schools will be transferred to other safer boarding schools considering the activities of bandits in the area.

A statement on the tour made available to newsmen in Minna by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Bologi Ibrahim, also said Governor Bago announced plans to remodel the Kagara General Hospital after which medical students from the area would be posted to the facility for improved service delivery.

In a different statement Bologi Ibrahim said Governor Bago has declared a state of emergency on education in the Niger North Senatorial zone following discovery that there are inadequate school facilities in the zone especially along Bangi, Mariga Local Government’s axis of the zone.

Bago, according to Bologi Ibrahim, the declaration of state of emergency on education will help to address the lack of educational facilities in the zone saying that as a first step more Schools will be established in the zone while all existing day schools will be renovated and furnished with modern equipment.

The governor was also said to have promised that the issue of water in the area will be tackled head-on and that his administration is working round the clock to eliminate all forms of criminality in the area.