The National Safe School Response Coordination Centre (NSSRCC) says it has prevented 48 attacks in schools across the country from February to date.
Tersoo Shaapera, NSSRCC commander, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during an interview with NAN.
Shaapera said the centre, domiciled in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) headquarters, had averted some attacks on schools, especially in the north and south-east, through collaboration and coordination with relevant stakeholders and security agencies.
“That is the little I can say as we don’t share such information because it is a work in progress,” NAN quoted Shaapera as saying.
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“This is not to say that security agencies have not been doing anything as there is a lot that the police, NSCDC and the military have been doing over the years.
“This figure is however relative to what the centre has been able to achieve so far through its creation and mandate.”
The NSSRCC commander added that protection and response to schools is the collective responsibility of all personnel irrespective of departments or units.
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He said the NSCDC had deployed surveillance personnel to schools and host communities for information gathering and community engagements.
“Schools have channels of communication with security agencies and the centre, that is why their data is on the security ecosystem map which they use in contacting the centre,” Shaapera said.
“Schools that are under threats have through the channels communicated to the centre and other security agencies and we are working on such information in line with our protocols.
“The ministry sent letters to the permanent secretaries, commissioners of education at the state level and the states sent to local government authorities before being sent to designated schools.”
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He said that school authorities had been directed to register on NSSRCC website; nssrcc.gov.ng for effective and efficient communication processes between the centre and schools.
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