The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday resolved that some schools should be merged in order to prevent a reoccurrence of students’ abduction by the insurgents.
Information Minister Lai Mohammed disclosed this while addressing State House reporters on the release of the Dapchi schoolgirls earlier today.
The minister emphasised that schools to be merged are those located in remote areas.
He recalled that immediately after Dapchi schoolgirls were abducted, President Muhammadu Buhari directed the security agencies to man every school.
"But you see, we must look at this thing in contest, if you look at other countries like the US, Florida, you saw how gunmen entered the school and killed about 17 pupils. Insurgency all over the world is a global issue and the government must always be on its toes."
"One of the things we have done today is that we have tried to secure the schools and there is even an effort on parts of government to even merge some schools, schools that are far-flung."
