The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), have opened up on N144bn Safe Schools Initiative.
They advised that the government must work hard to eradicate kidnapping in schools.
Secretary General of the NUT, Dr Mike Ene, and the National President, NANS, Comrade Lucky Emonefe, said that the government must take necessary steps to end kidnapping in schools hence, the funding will waste.
According to the National Plan for the initiative, a total of N144.8bn is to be spent between 2023 -2026. The plan proposes N32.58 in 2023, N36.98 billion in 2024, N37.15 billion in 2025 and N38.03 billion in 2026 respectively.
While speaking further, Ene, revealed that Nigerians are beginning to think that the government are working in hand with kidnappers to truncate the efforts of the people.
“We have heard of the School Safety Protection Squad and other policies many times and people are tired of hearing such without result. People are even suspecting that it is government officials that are planning or conniving with abductors to carry out these heinous acts to make money. How would one explain a situation whereby some people would reportedly come in motorbikes and carry over one hundred people into the forest.
“If such number of persons are carried from a community, what about communities that are nearby? Is it not surprising that such large number of people are abducted and they are not detected? The confidence of people is shrinking. They no longer believe such stories.”
