The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abia State Command, Umuahia, says it has commenced a statewide school safety and security sensitisation campaign for schoolchildren, management officials and teaching staff.
According to the command’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Ndukwe Egwu, who spoke on behalf of the State Commandant in a statement made available to journalists on Friday, the campaign, tagged “School Safety Sensitisation and Reach-Out Programme,” aims at “educating schoolchildren and the teaching staff on evolving security threats, safety tips, and the effects of illicit drug peddling and consumption.”
Speaking while launching the exercise at the command headquarters, the State Commandant, Chukwuemeka Odimba, said, “The School Safety Sensitisation exercise is a well-thought-out programme to build a culture of security consciousness and alertness among our children and the teaching staff.
“We are convinced that if we get it right at that level, then the society will be safer.”
Odimba further stated that the exercise became necessary following the command’s recently concluded security assessment tour of unity schools, colleges of education, polytechnics and universities in the state, as well as the need to embark on the second stage of the programme, which targets reorientation and outreach.
