GOCOP 2024: Govt has to provide security for students – Broadcaster
By Jeffrey Agbo
Edutainment communicator and veteran broadcaster, Debrah Ogazuma, has called on government at all levels to provide profound security for students, especially females, as Nigeria continues to grapple with several security challenges.
Ms Ogazuma made the call on Thursday in Lokoja at the 8th Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) with the theme: “Nigeria: Tackling Insecurity, Power Deficit, and Transitioning to Digital Economy.”
According to her, it has become obvious that since the capture of Chibok girls, the girl child education has been seriously threatened.
Ogazuma, who regretted the impact of the abduction of the Chibok girls and more similar cases to the girl child, lamented that the most attacks on the educational institutions were targeted at females.
She called on the authorities to work towards putting in place measures for healing when such girls regain freedom from their captors.
To the media, she urged them not to remain silent but rather work assiduously towards changing the narrative through their reportage.
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Speaking on digital economy, Ogazuma who insisted that Nigeria must follow the trend of digitalization for economic growth, regretted that power deficiency has been a major issue.
She noted that the future is driven by innovation and full of opportunities for expanding digitally, adding that Nigeria must engage the younger generations in order not to be left out.
“Is Nigeria going to allow insecurity, power deficiency to constitute huge block for the emerging landscape of its economy?” she queried.
Proffering a solution, Ogazuma stated that the traditional method of involving traditional rulers in reporting and fishing out possible dangerous elements seeking entrance into their community must be reactivated.
Communities, she said, should do more to ensure that they are not totally helpless.