No fewer than 1,892 persons have been trained by the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre in the last eight months in a bid to address the menace of attacks on schools in Nigeria.

The trained persons comprised personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, operatives of private security companies and members of different neighbourhood watch groups.

This was contained in a statement signed by the NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi on Wednesday.

“In a bid to address the menace of attack on schools in Nigeria, no fewer than 1,892 persons comprising personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, operatives of private security companies and members of different neighbourhood watch groups have so far been trained by the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre since its inauguration eight months ago, with at least 48 attacks on schools thwarted,” the statement read in part. 1

The Commandant-General, NSCDC, Ahmed Audi, who spoke ahead of the maiden national summit with the theme: ‘Tackling Identified threats in the Nigerian Safe Schools Project,’ to be held on November 2, 2023, also noted that the NSSRCC has within the period received supports from some state governments.

The NSCDC boss called on other stakeholders to support the Safe Schools implementation project, noting that there must be a collective resolve to end the menace of attacks on schools.

He expressed optimism that the summit will address the identified threats and security elements in the implementation of safe schools, foster synergy among all relevant stakeholders and harmonise ways of working based on the Standard Operating Procedure.