By Abisola Oluremi
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has taken a significant step towards ensuring safer schools in the country through training of over five hundred desk officers and coordinators .
The training held at the House of Chiefs, Oyo State Secretariat , Ibadan had in attendance the officers drawn from all the South West States including Kwara.
Declaring the workshop open, Head of Training National Safe School Response Coordination Centre, Abuja, Josiah Shuaibu, said the trained officers would utilize day to day relationship in host communities to make all institutions of learning safe.
According to him, this would enable them have access to informations capable of causing chaos in their various communities hence nipping it in the bud before escalating.
Mr Shuaibu also reiterated that NSCDC would join hands with other sister security agencies to curb criminal activities at all levels of learning in Nigeria.
Some of the coordinators including Atinuke Bashorun, Stephen Adesoji and Abiola Orisaawo explained that the training have opened their eyes to better methods to secure learning environments for students, teachers, and host communities.
In his view, Coordinator for Lagos State Safe School Response , Mr ola James said erring students would now have to sign letters of under taking of better behaviour.
The training is part of the NSCDC’s broader efforts to support the Safe Schools Project and align with the Federal Government’s Safe Schools Declaration. especially in the area of bullying, cyber threats, drug abuse, and cultism.
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