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Rolls out terrorism containment measures
Gboyega Akinsanmi

Following the bomb blasts which took place in Apapa fortnight ago, the Lagos State Government yesterday issued a first-line order to all head teachers and principals in the state’s public schools on how to forestall terrorist attacks.

The state government rolled out the security containment measures about 24 hours after Boko Haram, claimed responsibility for the two explosions that occurred at a fuel depot in Apapa.

The state’s Head of Service, Mrs. Josephine Williams and Special Adviser on Education, Mr. Fatai Olukoga, rolled out the new measures at an interactive session with the head teachers and principals of primary and secondary schools held at the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) pavilion in Alausa.

At the interactive session, Williams expressed the state government’s grave concerns over the security of pupils and students in their schools, noting that everything should be done “to prevent security breaches in public schools.

She tasked the school managers in the state to be vigilant and security conscious, which she said, had become imperative due to the prevailing security challenges being experienced in some parts of the country.

Likewise, the special adviser said the lives of the pupils and students “are entrusted into the care of the school managers from the time they assembled in the schools in the morning till afternoon when schools close for the day.

Hence, the managers should be security conscious at all times so that the state will not experience serious security breaches as being experienced in some states.”

He, therefore, urged the school managers not “to allow any strange person or occurrences happen within their school without challenging such a person and at the same time reporting such activity to the appropriate security agency that are better trained and equipped to handle such an occurrence.

“I wish to specifically charge principals of boarding schools not to release their students to anybody who is unknown to them and the child, even the drivers except their parents. The managers of public schools should always be conscious of the next person beside you. Government is concerned about our safety, security and the general well being of every Lagos residents,” he said.

Williams, however, said the call on the managers of public schools “to be security-conscious was not informed by any imminent security breaches in the state but the need for people to be security-conscious at this particular time in the nation’s development cannot be over emphasised.

“It is imperative for everybody to learn from the experience of what is happening in other states so that such will not happen in this state. The managers of the state’s public schools should continue to inform the pupils and students to be more conscious of what happens within their surroundings.”

She, also, urged residents to desist from spreading unverified security-related text messages “to their friends, family members or neighbours as they cannot do anything about the contents of the message, but rather forward such messages to security agencies who can do something about such text messages.”

She disclosed that the state government on its part would step up on the improvement of infrastructure in our schools particularly perimeter fencing of schools in order to beef up security in the schools.

She urged the school managers to always educate their pupils and students not “to pick what does not belong to them and whenever they observe any strange item, they should report same appropriately.”
According to the head of service, the managers of public schools should also educate their staff members and even food vendors on the need for safety and security-consciousness.

Itoroetti: he or she added triple "e" to his or her own.
dont forget apc are copy cat

atlwireles: With regional or 100% resource control, who do you expect to pay import duties to Lagos?

Evergreeen123: You'v got joke son. Okay let me indulge you a bit.

Yorubaland is very rich in both human and natural resources. Ondo state is the fifth largest oil producing state in Nigeria; okay lets leave crude oil out of the equation for a while

The sea is also a natural resource, right? Lagos, Ondo, Ogun all have acces to the Atlantic ocean. (Yorubaland isnt like a certain landlocked region across the niger). How about having total control of the seaport in Lagos? You know the millions that goes into the FG's pocket from the import duties collected at the Lagos port every month; how about having all that into the regional account of the Yoruba western region.

Yinkagbo: I hate when pple can not use thr common sense......is the poverty so much that ppl cannt think again.....shey na after akala left oyo state that they created the skul?if the ans is no....so why can't he(akala) do something to the skul when he was governor.......

Archildao: this one na fake evergreen o!.you just registered on Nairaland

Chamack: Orlando owoh

OrlandoOwoh: Lazy people, wanting to reap where they did not sow.

Evergreeen123: Osu ibo - 0% freeborn ibo - 10%
anambra ibo - 90%

youngmonie: They will kill themselves finish out of greed before they even spend 1kobo (even if FG gives in to their demand)

Evergreeen123: .. And are you personaly going to vote in the Osun election? You are not from Osun, you wont vote in the election and you know nothing about Osun.

Dont construe Ekiti politics for osun. Osun is a heterogeneous state onlike ekiti.

Cleverly, lets have a picture comparison. Lets see the picture of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbeshola's rally at Ede in contrast to this

kingthreat: Didn't the Roman empire fall. At least we had an empire unlike some the tribe that claim to be Black Jews

hopelink1: YORUBA KWENU!!! the relationship would be better IF the igbos can give us the honour we deserve--- our superiority over them .

Blockus: I know right.

Imagine if I delved deeper into the evil that is the Yorubas, this thread would come alive. Those Westerners are fetish, wicked, two-faced, evil, malicious, back-stabbing, no-good, ....... Loading more negative adjectives to qualify the Yorubas..

iwonbaoko: Yoruba are Yoruba we are not French only a confused man does not know his father.One day he is Jew another day he is German.Yoruba are self assured about being Yoruba and do not need external validation or approval. Instead people come from far and wide to Yorubaland for spiritual enlightenment and fortification. We are not in rivalry with anyone. We know where we are going and how to get there and are already on our way on our terms and time scale.We have nothing to prove to anyone. Those who are confused about who they are should sort themselves out

whitecat007: I've whipped about 20 hairy ibo assses today, just ask them what I said.

If any body feels OPC can not confront Boko Haram, then, let the person try to fight OPC and see fire. We shall use the head of such person to worship Ifa and use his heart to make aseje ogun. Who is Boko Haram to the Yorubas? They are no threat to the Yorubas in any way. They can be doing all the rubbish in far North, but, they should never think of bringing their destruction to South West. Let them keep on destroying themselves. They shall reap what they are sowing. But, I can assure those using Boko Haram to threaten Jonathan that, Jonathan will still remain in power till 2019

Barely one week after 42 suspects were arrested in Lagos and Ogun states, the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), a pan-Yoruba ethnic militia, has warned Boko Haram to steer clear of the South-West or be ready for confrontation.

It declared its readiness to combat the dreaded Islamist group should its members attack the South-West. It promised to frustrate the activities of Boko Haram in any part of the South-West, if the group moved to the region.

Coordinator of the OPC in Osun State, Dr. Rafiu Akinwale, who spoke in an exclusive interview with Daily Sun in Osogbo, said the people of the South-West should not fear that Boko Haram might move to the region.

He  said the OPC was prepared for members of the Boko Haram and had already set machinery in motion to ensure that it combats the insurgent group.

Akinwale disclosed that some youths in the six states of the South-West region had been trained by the OPC on how to tackle Boko Haram members and curtail them in the region.

He said: “We consider their threats as empty. We are prepared for the Boko Haram and we are ready to fight them to a standstill if they should enter the South-West region. We have made efforts to ensure that they are reduced to nothing.

“We are not begging them not to come to the South-West, in fact, we are urging them to come if they want to do so. They will regret their coming to this region, as we are ready to use all that we have to fight them in the South-West.”

The OPC boss added that the OPC would collaborated with all vigilance groups in the six states of the South-West to combat Boko Haram, should the group come to the South-West region, stressing that the traditional rulers in the states were giving necessary support to the association.

He called on members of the public to give necessary information on strange movements of people in their areas to the police, saying that the police had shown the readiness to support the OPC in the fight against Boko Haram.
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=34589

whitecat007: I've seen the video and i'm sure my people are analysing it. One thing we are not going to do is act your way. Lets say the video is true, You ibos foolishly lost millions of your people and up till now i've not heard you fight back after 40yrs, is it that the lives of your people are worthless? You ibos recently lost 8 lives to heards men about a month ago and you have not carried placards that you are known for. If it comes out to be true Well then we can say we are at our own war now with 4 or 5 casualties and the war just started about a month ago and the world will see how it will end, unfortunately for you ibos, you may not see how it's going to end cos some of you will run back to the east which has been surrounded by bokoharam to meet your death. Those who remain in Lagos will share in it. Whatever happens, you ibos will suffer more so, if I were you I won't celebrate yet.

Cowards who are being raped to death everyday is now looking for another.