Education writers hold summit on school safety today

By : Opeyemi Babalola

Date: 12 October 2022 4:14am WAT

Journalists Protest Over ASUU Strike In Lagos Nigeria Members of Education Writers Association of Nigeria EWAN hold a peaceful protest over continued strike of lecturers of public universities under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, on Monday April 25, 2022. ASUU has been on strike for months over the failure of the Federal Government to honour agreement reached with the union on more funding of the public tertiary institutions. Photo by Adekunle Ajayi Lagos Nigeria PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA Copyright: xAdekunlexAjayix originalFilename: ajayi-notitle220425_np035.jpg

Education Writers Association of Nigeria (EWAN) will, today, October 12, 2022, hold a summit on school safety, where issues bordering on rising cases of attacks on schools by bandits, the sit-at-home order in a particular region, which affects schooling and cases of bullying, rape, and drug abuse, will come to the fore.

The summit, according to EWAN, a body of journalists across print, online and broadcast media, is scheduled to hold in Ikeja, Lagos.

While Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will declare the event open, Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, is Special Guest of Honour.

Commandant-General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr. Ahmed Audi, will give the keynote address to be hosted by Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Education, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab.

In a statement jointly signed by Chairman and Secretary, Mojeed Alabi and Taiwo Omilani, a team of panellists has been carefully selected based on their expertise and official responsibilities.

They include Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr. Isah Idris Jere; Director of Senior Secondary Education at the Federal Ministry of Education, Hajia Binta Abdulkadir; newly-appointed Vice Chancellor-Designate of the University of Lagos, Prof. Folashade Ogunsola, among others.