Lagos SUBEB commences perimeter fencing of schools

Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB)

The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on Monday said it had commenced the perimeter fencing of public primary schools in the state, to beef-up their security.

Mr Seye Adelusi, Public Relations Officer of the board, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the fencing was part of the strategy of the board to tackle insecurity in the schools.

He said work had begun in most of such schools either in the outskirts of towns, villages and the riverine areas of the state and would be extended to all nooks and crannies.

The Public Relations Officer said that the board was also working to ensure that all schools in the state would be manned by security guards, both day and night.

“We have begun the construction of perimeter fencing in some of our schools in the rural areas, to beef-up their security.

“The board is working on recruiting security guards in all our schools, as well as increasing the personnel in schools, where they are short-staffed,’’ he said.

Adelusi also told NAN that the board was strategising to recruit security guards in schools where none existed, as well as increasing the number, where needed.

He said the board was also collaborating with the Nigerian Police, to ensure adequate security in and around the schools.

Adelusi said that some officials have been assigned to carryout daily monitoring of the schools.

“The board is also planning to recruit security guards in public schools where they are lacking, to protect the children in such schools.

“We are also collaborating with other security agencies like the Nigeria Police, Neighborhood Watch and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), to boost security in the schools,’’ he said.

NAN reports that some of the schools under construction include the African Church Primary Schools I and II, Ile-Iwe, Meiran, and Community Primary School, Agbado-Okeodo.