Senate extends panel’s deadline for $30 million Safe Schools Programme probe
The Senate on Tuesday extended by two weeks the deadline for its ad hoc committee investigating the spending of more than $30 million on Nigeria’s Safe Schools Programme, a federal security initiative launched in 2014 to protect students and schools from attacks.
Reasons for the extension Mr Kalu, who represents Abia North Senatorial District, said the investigation into the Safe Schools Programme would be incomplete without examining the activities of federal agencies responsible for education funding, student welfare, humanitarian assistance, and social intervention programmes.
Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, and abducted 303 pupils, students, and staff, triggering widespread outrage and renewed calls for improved security in the state and the country.
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