Hello and welcome
\nToday in the Kura Bari Program we are discussing the escalating number of abductions of schoolchildren by armed groups seeking ransom money.
\nThe practice has become very common in northern Nigeria and jeopardises the future of the already educationally disadvantaged region.
\nOf an estimated 10.5 million out-of-school children in Nigeria, the northern region accounts for 69%, most of whom are girls.
\nThe United Nations Children\u2019s Fund said on the 15th of September that at least one million children in Nigeria could miss school this year because of insecurity as schools have been the main target of mass abductions.
\nThere have been 20 school attacks recorded this year, 1, 436 pupils have been abducted, 16 schoolchildren have been killed and 200 children are still missing.
\nOur guests are:
\n\u2022 Professor Abdulkarim Ishaq, from the Department Of Continuing Education And Extension Services at the University of Maiduguri;
\n\u2022 Dr Mukhtar Alhaji Liman, the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund education officer in Maiduguri; and
\n\u2022 Mansur Isa Buhari, a lecturer from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, and the chief editorial adviser of the Daily Star Nigeria.<\/p>\n
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