The Federal Government is commitment to safety of schools to protect investments in the education sector.

President Muhammadu Buhari gave the assurance in his address at the opening ceremony of the fourth International Conference on Safe School Declaration, SSD in Abuja, with the theme: “Ensuring Safe Education for All”.

Buhari, who was represented by the Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, noted that the conference being held on the Africa continent, would provide great opportunity to share good practices in protecting education from attack. He said Nigeria has been able to systematically develop strategies and mechanisms to protect education with the help of the SSD framework.

The President also noted that the developed and approved policy on Safety, Security and Violence-Free Schools would serve as a response document to the needs of children and the violence that affected them in and around schools.

Minister of Education Adamu Adamu, in his address of welcome explained that the SSD was championed by Norway and Argentina through a consultative process that paved way for calls for its endorsement.