UNICEF censures abducting of school children in Zamfara State


The United Nation Children's Fund (UNICEF) has communicated worry over the assault on Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Talata-Mafara Local Government of Zamfara State, where various young ladies were grabbed.

This is contained in an articulation gave by the UNICEF agent in Nigeria, Mr Peter Hawkins, through the UNICEF Communications Specialist, Mr Sam Kaalu, and made accessible to newsmen on Friday in Katsina.

"We are irritated and disheartened by one more merciless assault on schoolchildren in Nigeria.

"This is a gross infringement of youngsters' privileges and an awful encounter for kids to experience, which will have dependable consequences for their emotional wellness and prosperity.

"We absolutely denounce the assault and approach those capable to deliver the young ladies quickly, and for the public authority to find a way to guarantee their protected delivery and the wellbeing of any remaining schoolchildren in Nigeria," he said.

Hawkins said that kids should feel safe comfortable and at school, consistently.

"UNICEF recognizes endeavors being made by the Government of Nigeria to get the arrival of hijacked schoolchildren and approaches the public authority and all worried to make schools protected in Nigeria," he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that UNICEF is attempting to arrive at the most impeded youngsters in excess of 190 nations.

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