FG set to reopen Chibok School 3 years after 276 girls were abducted

The Federal Government has said that it is working hard to ensure the reopening of Government Girls’ Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, Borno for normal academic activities in the 2017/2018 session.

The Vice-Chairman of the Presidential Committee on North-East Initiative, Tijjani Tumsah made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday April 13.

Mr Tumsah said all necessary security measures were being taken to avert a recurrence of the April 2014 incident.

“We intend to finish with the school before next session and make it functional for educational activities to pick up.

“We have varieties of programmes, including psycho-social and counselling programmes for women and girls and community engagements.

“In terms of the structure itself, the school has to be fortified in terms of early warning systems to protect the girls.

“A whole lot of issues that have been planned to ensure the safety and comfort of the students of the school judging by the previous unfortunate incident,’’ he said.

Mr Tumsah said the committee would implement relevant programmes that would boost

He said the committee was contemplating suitable programmes that would help in de-radicalising the youth in keeping with the Muhammadu Buhari administration’s plan of action.

He said some the activities would include providing the youth with opportunities to acquire vocational skills as well as the adoption of steps that would address the causes of the insurgency and charting the way forward.