Katsina State Government has disclosed that it would be deploying security dogs to protect school children in state-owned boarding schools.
Katsina and Niger State has witnessed mass kidnap of school children and the threat of reoccurrence is palpable.
According to Katsina Commissioner for Education, Dr Badamasi Lawal Charanchi, dogs are more competent and effective than humans they also have the ability to inform security agents that bandits are on their way to schools.
“We were advised to deploy these dogs at each school because they have special abilities to detect intruders faster than human beings in many instances,” Mr Charanchi said, according to Katsina Post.
“These dogs, when deployed will alert the students and other security agents in case of any intruder or bandits when they are coming.”
Recall that in December 2020, 344 students were abducted from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State by bandits but were later released after negotiations with the federal government.
Amidst the fear of bandits attacking schools, the governor of Katsina, Aminu Masari, in March, ordered that boarding schools should be shut down for a while.
In addition, Masari has also decided that five security guards will be sent to each boarding school alongside the dogs, adding that a well-structured fence will be constructed in boarding schools.
The governor promised that his administration will re-enforce the security architecture of boarding schools before the resumption of academic activities.
