As Nigeria marks 10 years since the Chibok abductions in the North-east, UNICEF called for action to secure children’s education in Nigeria. It also said 90 girls remained in captivity, and the country is recovering from another abduction of school children in Kaduna state in March of this year while calling for intensified efforts to protect the country’s most vulnerable population — its children.
A statement issued by the Communication Officer, UNICEF, Borno state, Folashade Adebayo, and made available to newsmen in Maiduguri said the threat of abduction of students is severely affecting children’s learning. As of 2021, over one million children were afraid to return to school, and in 2020, around 11,500 schools were closed due to attacks, according to Policy Weekly by New UNICEF report shows that just 37 per cent of schools across 10 states have early warning systems in place to identify threats, such as school attacks.
