Niger State government has advised parents not to allow the abduction of students in the state to discourage them from sending their children to school.

The Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Hanatu Jibrin Salihu, while handing over the released students who were abducted from Government Science College, Kagara to their relatives in Minna, made this statement.

The Commissioner who represented the Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, said that plans were already on to  ensure that schools are safe in the state especially,  boarding schools.

Salihu also disclosed that the state has promised to secure all its schools from all criminal elements to allow students and pupils  pursue their education.

She also mentioned that arrangements are in process to ensure that the SS3 students  write their final examinations.

“We are in contact with the SS3 students and working out how best we can help them so that they will write their exams. And I am sure at the end of the day, we will come out with something productive for them” she said.