The Gombe State Government says it has deployed local security personnel to all educational institutions within the state to complement the efforts of the police and other security agencies to prevent the abduction of students from schools in the state.
The state governor, Muhammad Yahaya, made its known while addressing journalists after meeting with Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja today July 12.
Speaking on the efforts of the state to protect schools and students from attacks by kidnappers and bandits, the governor said
“We did a vulnerability assessment of all the schools and we assigned the local security personnel; vigilantes, to work with the conventional organised security in order to safeguard our schools against attacks.
Above all, what we did for wider security is reflected in the schools and we concentrated our effort in building big schools that will contain greater numbers, to…
Source: Linda Ikeji
