Stop playing with lives of our children, parents warn Govt

Stop playing with lives of our children, parents warn Govt
The National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) which is the umbrella body of parents of all public and private primary and secondary school students in the country have called for an immediate review of all the programmes of the Federal and state governments regarding the security of their children in school, warning the government against playing with the lives of their children.

Specifically, the association berated the closure of some Unity Schools in the country as a result of threat of attack by bandits, calling on the government to proffer permanent solution to banditry rather than closing the schools.

The National President of NAPTAN, Alhaji Haruna Danjuma in a statement released by the National Publicity Secretary of the association, Dr Ademola Ekundayo copy of which was made available to Daily Sun, bemoaned the way at which the Federal Government handles the security of students in the recent time.

To this end, the association called for an urgent dialogue with the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa to find a lasting solution to the security challenges confronting the education sector, especially secondary schools.

The dialogue, the association said should involve all the stakeholders in the education sector including heads of all academic institutions, principals of secondary schools, representatives of NAPTAN, selected traditional rulers and security agents.

The association expressed optimism that such dialogue will proffer necessary solutions to the security challenges confronting the schools, especially kidnapping and killing of innocent students.

Reacting to the recent abduction of some school children in Niger and Kebbi States, NAPTAN made case for stiffer security measures to be put in place in all public and private schools across the country, stressing that the issue of security should be taken with all seriousness by the government.

Also, the association called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on security and deploy security personnel to all the schools in the country in order to guarantee the protection of lives of their children.

The parents body advised all parents to be conscious of the security of their children and not leave it to government alone.

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