Boko Haram: Lagos State Govt. Orders School Heads To Beef-Up Security

The Lagos State government has ordered all Principals and Head Teachers of its secondary and primary schools in the state to beef up security in their schools.

This is coming on the heels of the claims by terrorist sect, Boko Haram, of responsibility for recent bombing attacks on tank farms in Lagos.

Special Adviser to the State Governor on Education, Otunba Fatai Olukoga and the State Head of Service, Mrs. Josephine Williams, both gave the directive at an interactive session with the schools managers in the state.

They noted that the advice becomes imperative in view of the prevailing security challenges being experienced in various parts of the country.

Olukoga noted that government is concerned about the security of pupils and students in their schools, adding that everything must be done to prevent any security breaches in public schools in the state.

He noted that the lives of the pupils and students are entrusted into the care of the school managers from the time they assembled in the schools in the morning till afternoon when schools close for the day, and urged the managers to be security conscious at all times to ensure that the state does not experience serious security breaches.

Olukoga counselled the school managers not to allow any strange person or occurrences happen within their school without challenging such a person and reporting such activity to the appropriate security agency that are better trained and equipped to handle such an occurrence.

source: Daily times