Probing the Safe Schools Initiative

The Senate’s planned probe of the Safe Schools Initiative (SSI) has arisen from a bitter national irony: a programme meant to protect children has become a symbol of waste and recurring insecurity. Fresh outrage over school kidnappings has pushed lawmakers to demand answers on how about N144 billion was spent with so little visible protection to show for it. The Senate, through an ad hoc committee, has resolved to investigate the initiative’s funding, implementation and outcomes. It