ONE MILLION CHILDREN AFRAID TO RETURN TO SCHOOL DUE TO INSECURITY

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Do you know that 1 million Nigerian children are ‘afraid to return to school’ , a thousand of them have been abducted, 16 children have died while more than 200 missing, all because of insecurity?

Are you aware that Globally, attacks on students, teachers, schools and universities rose by one-third in 2020 compared with 2019?

I thought you should know and let’s press on Nigeria’s government to do more to keep schools safe and keep more students in school.

Data don’t lie

I have put together in this report first hand responses of students from over 9 schools I have visited where bandits attacked.

There is now Education Emergency in Nigeria

Amaka Okoye

Amaka Okoye

A seasoned and an award-journalist who has practiced both in and outside of Nigeria. She has covered varied beats but her forte is Conflict and Crisis Reporting. She majors in reporting terrorism, banditry and abductions in the Northern part of Nigeria.

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