The Minister of Interior, OLUBUNMI TUNJI-OJO, has urged security agencies to invest more in intelligence in a bid to address the menace of attacks on schools in Nigeria.

TUNJI-OJO stated this at the Safe Schools National Summit in Abuja.

The minister noted that deploying men to schools across the country, especially in violence-inclined areas, was not enough, adding that security personnel must be proactive rather than reactive.

The minister further called for a full implementation work plan for the Safe Schools programme to reduce the rate of out-of-school children, pledging full support to the initiative.

In his remarks, the Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, AHMED AUDI, said despite the multiplicity of interventions by stakeholders and security agencies, Nigeria was still grappling with the ugly challenge of school attacks and their consequent rising rate of out-of-school children.