FCT Rural Schools Is Not Safe For Resumption Of Academic Activities – PTA Chairman

Primary and secondary schools in rural communities in the capital territory are not secure for the restart of academic activities, according to Alhaji Usman Abubakar, Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA).

Speaking to Daily Trust on Friday, September 16, Abubakar described the activities of bandits and kidnappers as quite concerning in some rural communities, particularly in the Abaji rural communities in Niger State, which share borders with neighbouring villages.

He said:-
“In fact, schools within Yaba axis and some other communities that share boundaries with neighboring villages in Niger State are still shut because report coming from those axis over security threat as a result of activities of bandits and kidnappers is quite worrisome.”

Abubakar also told the publication that even before the resumption of academic activities, some of the rural schools across the axis had been facing security threat.

He added:-
“we expected that before resumption, government should be able to put in place security measures in these schools.”

The PTA Chairman who disclosed that they are happy with FCT administration’s directive for schools to resume, further stated that the administration ought to have put in place security measures in such rural schools.

He called on the FCT administration to liaise with community leaders in mobilizing local vigilantes to safeguard the affected rural schools to facilitate resumption of academic activities.