After three years of closure following the abduction of 276 school girls by the deadly Boko Haram sect, the Federal Government has revealed its plan to reopen the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok for the 2017/2018 academic session which commences in September.
Vice-Chairman of the Presidential Committee on North-East Initiative, Mr. Tijjani Tumsah, stated this on Thursday.
Tumsah said all necessary security measures, were being taken to avert a recurrence of the April 2014 incident.
“We intend to finish with the school before next session and make it functional for educational activities to pick up.
“We have varieties of programmes, including psycho-social and counselling programmes for women and girls and community engagements.
“In terms of the structure itself, the school has to be fortified in terms of early warning systems to protect the girls.
“A whole lot of issues that have been planned to ensure the safety and comfort of the students of the school judging by the previous unfortunate incident,” he said.