The Senate on Tuesday extended by two weeks the deadline for its ad hoc committee investigating the spending of more than $30 million on Nigeria’s Safe Schools Programme, a federal security initiative launched in 2014 to protect students and schools from attacks.
The upper chamber also broadened the committee’s mandate to include an investigation into education-related funds managed by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).
The committee will further examine how education support funds administered by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation and the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) were utilised.
The Senate adopted the resolution after considering a motion moved by the committee chairman, Orji Kalu, seeking an expansion of its terms of reference and additional time to conclude its investigation.
The 13-member ad hoc committee was constituted on 27 November 2025 after the adoption of a motion by Abdullahi Yahaya (APC, Kebbi North), who raised concern over the rising cases of student kidnappings and attacks on schools and worship centres across the country.
