Experts Identify Lack Of Data As Root Cause Of Abduction Of School Children In Nigeria
Princess-Ekwi Ajide
Experts have identified nonavailability of data as the root causes of continuous attacks on innocent school children in the country.
Speakers at a virtual conference in commemoration of ten years of abduction of Chibok girls, organised by Global Rights, an international organisation on the rights of citizens, gave insights into the problem of abduction and how it can be solved.
For the Executive Director, of Invictus Africa, Bukky Shonibare, Nigeria has played around with data of victims as well as schools and their numbers and called for more investment in data sourcing to deal with the root causes of violent extremism in the country.
Bukky demanded for proper accounting on the $144.8 billion fund provided for safe learning environment in the country’s educational institutions while lamenting the state of the nation and how the kidnapped victims were not rescued .
The Executive Director of YouthHub Africa, Rotimi Olawale, faulted the security arrangements saying we have used our security architecture to protect VIPs over time and failed to invest in the development thus politicising recruitment.
The Chief Executive of Nextier SPD, Nigeria, Dr. Ndubisi Nwokolo, on his part, is of the opinion that everything connected to the entity Nigeroa, has an issue ranging from the judiciary to the police, to the military, and to the public service.
Other speakers including the Executive Director, of Global Rights, Abiodun Baiyewu, and the Programme Manager, Edosa Oviawe believe security should go beyond guns and the security architecture, work on the human capital to build trust and remove all forms of societal stigmatisation.
