The Federal Government has disclosed that the sum of N15 billion in the 2023 budget has been set aside to secure school children sequel to violent attacks and kidnapping of school children in various parts of the country.

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed made this known on Monday in Abuja at the training of safe school administrators.

She noted that to ensure the security of the children who are still in school, urgent steps have to be taken so as not to swell the N20 million children already out of school.