Buratai- COAS
To further assist the internally displaced persons and enhance civil-military relations, troops of 21 Brigade, 7 Division Nigerian Army, have established a temporary school for the children at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp located in Bama town, Bama Local Government Area of Borno State using military tents.
The school comprised 6 military tents in which soldiers not on essential duty served as teachers. In addition, some of the IDPs who were teachers before the their displacement, also teach in the school.
Presently, the
school has a population of over 3,000 children. The Brigade has also
establish a section of adult education for women.
Impressed with
the laudable initiative, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) also
assisted the Brigade with 2 additional tents and school bags for the
pupils, while Borno State Urban Education deployed a Principal to
assist in running of the school.
The United
Nations Assistant Secretary-General and the Regional Humanitarian
Coordinator for the Sahel, Mr Toby Lanzer, and Borno State Government
celebrated the recently held World Humanitarian Day with the IDPs in
the school and commended the efforts of the Nigerian Army for
establishing the school.
Similarly, an
American Non-Government Organization (NGO), Empower54, equally impressed
with the fact that “despite the heavy responsibility of fighting off
the terrorists daily, the soldiers are making time to teach the
children”, appreciates the soldiers of 21 Brigade for their selfless
effort by establishing the school in a blog and hashtag.
You are please requested to kindly disseminate this information to the public through your medium.
Thank you for your kind and usual cooperation.
Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations
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