says "Safe School Initiative" yielding enormous results*
By Dorcas Samson Achi
In a bid to abate social vices and restiveness among young people,
the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) Imo State Command has revealed strategic steps adopted by the Corps to engage the minds of the teens and youths early through the "Safe School Initiative".
Speaking to the press recently, the Imo State Commandant, Matthew Sunday Ovye reinstated the Corps' mission to "catch them young" in order to guarantee a safe and sustainable society for all, now and in the future.
According to him, Safe School Initiative is the brainchild of NSCDC Commandant General, Dr. Armed Abubukar Audi, to engage the youths meaningfully and curb teens and youths' involvement in crime and violence .
He noted that the youths' involvement in insecurity, crime, drug use, kidnapping for ransom, recruitment into and membership of dangerous criminal gangs have been on the increase in the last few years, hence the Corps' reason for prioritizing the safe school initiative.
However, he said that the Corps has a specialized safe school team which collaborates with its Female Strike Force and the Rapid Response Squad, moving round schools, enlightening, sensitizing and educating the young ones on the need to shun all forms of crime and social vices.
Ovye emphasized that the Safe School Initiative has continued to yield enormous results, adding that many youths who are involved in school unrest have been arrested and dispossessed of their weapons and charms.
His words, "NSCDC is on a mission to catch young boys in the primary and secondary schools before they become uncontrollable. We are succeeding in positively capturing the minds of these teenagers so that the air will be safe for everyone to breath in future unlike now that the air has been polluted and there is regular blood spill.
"It is disturbing that secondary school students and even primary school pupils go to school with weapons and charms to fight and attack one another. This is why our Safe School Team is always on surveillance. Once we get them, we bring them to the Corp, give them orientation and allow our chaplain and counsellors to interact with them and their parents, counsel and pray for them.
"A lot of things are happening in our school environment. We therefore commend our Commandant General for this beautiful innovative idea that is geared towards sentisizing, enlightening and re-orienting the young ones to become useful and responsible members of the society.
"The Safe School Project Team has spread its tentacles across the whole Imo State, touring every school in the 27 LGAs of the state. The month of June, Safe school team visited schools in Ngor Okpala, Isu , Orlu, Ideato North and South, Nkwerre etc.
"The Corps is committed to our constitutional mandate of protecting the community against crime and insecurity.
We must strive for and contribute our utmost to restoring absolute order, security, peace, prosperity and development in Imo State".
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