The All-Nigeria Conference of Principals of
Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) says it has
embarked on sensitisation of its members on
handling security challenges in view the rising
spate of school-targeted kidnappings.




Mrs Omotunde Lawson, President, Lagos State
Chapter of ANCOPSS, told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the sensitisation
focused on how schools could secure their
environment.






ANCOPSS president spoke against the backdrop of
the recent spate of the abduction of students and
staff in some schools in Lagos and Ogun States.
She advised school principals to clear overgrown
weeds in their premises to prevent kidnappers
from using such bushy environment for their
nefarious operations.



“We are also sensitising our members on how to
comport ourselves in times of danger.
“Schools with bushes are to clear them while
security guards should ensure that no one goes
into the school compound or comes out without
signing,’’ she said. Lawson said that the Lagos State Government had pledged to recruit 5,000 neighbourhood watchmen who would also help in securing public schools.






The ANCOPSS president, however, urged both staff
and students to be vigilant and report potential
security and safety threats around schools to law
enforcement agents.