Earlier this week, reports emerged of yet another school kidnapping incident in Northern Nigeria, where over 120 students of the Bethel Baptist High School were kidnapped in Kaduna. This makes it the 10th major school kidnapping incident in Nigeria since December 2020.
An Al-Jazeera report in March 2021, noted that over 700 students had been kidnapped in Northern Nigeria since December 2020, dealing major blows to the fight for education and skilled development in the region.
The school kidnapping incidents have also been plagued by a major elephant in the room, which is a huge motivator for the persistent attacks ransoms. Parents in previous kidnaps this year told the media that they paid ransoms to secure the release of their children as the government did not help much, a situation that analysts say will worsen the crisis.
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School resumption in Nigeria update today: Akwa Ibom, Kaduna and Edo States set date for schools to resume
30 January 2021
Wia dis foto come from, AFP
After some hesitation, Akwa Ibom, Kaduna and Edo States for Nigeria don set date for schools to resume even wit di increasing cases of coronavirus.
Di three states bin go against Nigeria Ministry of Education initial date of January 18 for schools to resume for di kontri.
Den, governors and state commissioners for education bin tok say dem bin dey concerned about di preparedness of schools for dia states.
Now, like Kaduna state goment for Northern Nigeria tok inside statement, dem say dem don decide to okay di reopening of schools on 1 February, 2021 becos dem don do extensive torchlight of di second wave of di pandemic and carry out series of consultations wit stakeholders.