Boko Haram: Civilian JTF to provide security in Borno schools as classrooms re-open Monday

The Borno State Government said on Sunday that it had planned to enlist the services of local vigilantes, called Civilian JTF, to provide security in public schools ahead of the November 17 re-opening date.

Public schools in the state are expected to re-open on Monday after being shut on March 16 due to security challenges.

Dr. Mohammed Dongel, the Chairman of the 19-man committee on the resuscitation of primary school education in the state, stated this in a meeting with education secretaries and headmasters of public schools in Maiduguri.

Dongel said that the vigilantes had already been contacted to provide surveillance in all schools.

Dongel said that perimeter fencing had also been provided in public schools to prevent security breach.

He said food vendors in all schools would be thoroughly screened on daily basis to prevent any incident.

According to him, visitors will also be properly registered to prevent any attack on schools.

He said the state government had allocated two utility vehicles to the vigilantes to monitor activities in schools in Maiduguri and Jere Local Government Areas of the state.

Dongel, however, said that only four schools in Maiduguri, Konduga, Jere and Biu Local Government Areas would be re-opened on Monday due to logistic reasons.

He said schools in other local government areas would be re-opened at a later date. ...DailyPost