Zulum assures FSTC Lassa of adequate security

Zulum assures FSTC Lassa of adequate security

By: Bodunrin Kayode

Borno Governor Babagana Zulum has assured management of the Federal Science and technical College Lassa of adequate security for their existence as long as he remains chief security officer of the state.

Prof Zulum assured the management and students of an instant beef up of their security, to ensure that nobody will be endangered or exposed to being kidnapped by insurgents again.

The Governor noted that he will be providing the school with adequate security by deploying a fully equipped squad of civilian joint task forces (JTF) and vigilante to take care of their vigilance and security from now on.

The Governor who was in the school recently to feel their paulse after it was rebuilt from the last attack however urged them to be careful about the girl child admissions in the school obviously to discourage frequent abduction of girls by insurgents.

He suggested that boys other than girls should be hosted in the school’s dormitories for now for obvious reasons adding that he will surely look into the shortage of accommodation encountered by them as a long term fixer.

The Governor also assured that he Will provide more accommodation to teachers in the school adding that fencing will be addressed as soon as possible coupled with a new gate to secure the entrance.

On the need to recruit more teachers, the Governor directed that the Principal should screen some teachers he handpicked on the spot who will be enrolled by the Borno teachers board and posted to teach in their school.

This enrolment he stressed will take place based on the strict requirements of eleven key areas in line with the curriculum of technical schools and they would receive automatic employments from the state government.

On water supply to the school, Zulum assured that he will treat their demands for borehole, toilet and necessary water and sanitation (WASH) demands as priority for the kids

Earlier, the most senior teacher on ground and representative of the Principal Abubakar Salau said that since the last attack of the institution, confidence has been building up which is why they now have 230 students out of which 80 are girls and a total of 61 teaching and non teaching staff.

On Challenges, the Governor assured that the vigilante will be empowered to support the CJTF to secure the place.

“We will fix the fence where it has been damaged and I assure you that we will restore your gate accordingly to ensure all is safe.

“We need a gate to secure the students, more teachers in maths, metal and woodwork, chemistry and physics” teacher Salau had hinted.

Zulum assures FSTC Lassa of adequate security