By Ujunwa Atueyi and Isaac Taiwo
| 31 July 2017
Guardian
Members of Education Rights Campaign
(ERC) have commended the recent release of six kidnapped students of Lagos
Model College, Igbonla, Epe.
The National Coordinator of the
group, Hassan Taiwo Soweto urged the authorities to convene a summit on
insecurity in the country’s schools.
In a statement to The Guardian, he
described the incessant attacks on school children as an assault on the
education sector.
Soweto, who is the (sic) [a] spokesman for the
Safe Schools and Communities Advocacy Group (SSCAG), said the summit would
address the cause of insecurity in schools.
He said the summit was necessary to
proffer a workable solution to the menace before schools’ resumption in the
next academic session.
He said: “We are gladdened by the
news and congratulate Lagosians and Nigerians who added their voice to ours in
ensuring the release of the kidnapped students. This will bring immense relief
to the traumatised parents and relatives of the kidnapped children.
“We must note that the kidnapped
children were released and not rescued. This means that for the 64 days that
they were abducted, the police and security agencies did little or nothing.”
He said the SSCAG and ERC were
prepared to play an active role in proffering proactive measures to keep
schools and children safe.
Soweto condemned the poor conditions
of some schools in the state and urged Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to take steps
to prevent another kidnap of children.
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