International Day of Education: Lets dedicate today to victims of bullying, assault, kidnapping in schools - Saraki

Date: 2022-01-24

Former Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki has asked Nigerians to dedicate the International Day of Education to victims of murder, kidnapping, bullying, assaults among other social vices.

In a statement released by his Media Office in Abuja, Saraki denounced the recent trend of bullying, abduction, assault, and murder of school children by schoolmates, teachers, and kidnappers, and called for concerted efforts at the state and federal levels to curb such violence.

The statement read: "As a father, over the past few months, I have struggled to contain my grief and anger regarding the frequency of reports of assaults, abductions, and even murder of young Nigerian school children.

"Across the country, five to seven days a week, parents entrust their children to school systems with the hope that these children will receive an education and come back home safely. However, when we read the stories of young Sylvester Omoroni, Hanifa Abubakar, Keren Happuch Akpagher, and so many others, it is clear that schools that should be safe-zones for young innocent Nigerians, are no longer as secure.

"This is why, as we commemorate International Day of Education, all of us in Nigeria must find it in ourselves to say a prayer for the families of these young school children. Today should be dedicated to them and should serve as a painful remembrance that we must do better to protect our young people."

The former Kwara governor added that "Moving forward, we must make concerted efforts to enact stronger punitive measures that will serve as a deterrent to those that may wish to harm any student on school premises, or any child that is left in the care of an adult as they seek an education.

"We must also create policies that will ensure that there is greater awareness about the dangers of bullying in our schools, and not look at the recent cases that have been in the news as isolated incidents.

"As parents who went through the Nigerian primary and secondary school system, we will be doing a great disservice to the next generation if we do not begin to advocate for stronger measures that will make all our children feel safe when they are going to school.

"I am hopeful that moving forward, governments across the nation will heed this call and take immediate action to rectify this menace holistically. May the Almighty God grant all the young school children that we have lost to these incidents eternal rest. May their deaths not be in vain," the former Senate President stated.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Dan Iya     Ojo Fadumila     Bayo Ajia     Moro     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Stephen Fasakin     Sulyman Tejidini     Abdulhakeem Amao     LEAH Charity Foundation     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Salman Jawondo     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Oniye     Yahaya Seriki     Osuwa     Dan-Kazeem     Barakat Community Secondary School     Baruten     Yahaya Muhammad     Ijakadi     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Jide Oyinloye     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Kunle Suleiman     Ibrahim Gambari     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Oko-Erin     Playing Host     Just Event Online     Isiaka Yusuf     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Dumagi     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Dogara     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Ojo Isekuse     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Air Peace     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Akanji     Saka Adeyemo     Ishaq Oloyede     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Igbaja     Saka Saadu     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Ilorin Amusement Park     Albert Ogunsola     AGILE Programme     Ali Ahmad     Dele Belgore     Abatemi-Usman     Sulu Gambari     Otuka     Ubandawaki     Salake     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Baaziki Sulaiman     Lawal Olohungbebe     Awili Pedro     JAMB     Pacify Labs     Offa Grammer School     Gbenga Olawepo     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Esuwoye     Olaitan Adefila     Saliu Alamoyo     Share/Tsaragi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulfatai Ahmed     Anilelerin     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Balikis Jawondo     TESCOM     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Communication Network Support Services     KWIRS     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Lola Olabayo     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Mohammed Halidu     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Bureau Of Lands     ANCOPPS     Alore     Rapheal Ashaolu     Kunle Suleiman     Modibo Kawu     V.O. Abioye     Yusuf Lawal     Razaq Atunwa     Popo-Igbonna     Sherif Sagaya     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Dan Iya     Olabode Towoju     Memunat Monsuma     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Kamaldeen Gambari     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Eleja     Ilesha-Baruba     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Noah Yusuf     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Aliyu Alhassan     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Yusuf Ali     Jimoh Bashir     Olushola Saraki     Dauda Adesola     Ilota     College Of Education     Bursary     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Ajibike Katibi     Danhawa     Alabere     Akeem Lawal     Elections     Garment Factory     GRA     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Women Radio     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Abdullahi Samari     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Ado Ibrahim     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Salman Suleiman     KWASEIC     Ojo Isekuse     CELF     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Student Learning Support Helpline     Oke-opin     Young Progressives Party     Minimum Wage     Akanbi-Oke     Dan-Kazeem