In a bid to secure schools and schoolchildren, the National Safe School Response Coordination Centre at the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said vigilantes and teachers from surveyed 821,000 primary and secondary schools across the country would be trained in security.

The Commander of the Centre, HAMMED ABODUNRIN, said different stakeholders, including teachers, private security guards, vigilantes, and local hunters, would be trained in February 2024 at the state level to help tackle the rising insecurity bedevilling the country.

ABODUNRIN noted that 821,000 schools surveyed for vulnerability assessment would benefit from the training, adding that at least one teacher per school would be trained at the community level and in turn, the teacher would train others.