The recently freed abducted students, teachers and family members of Government Science College Kagara in Niger will undergo psychosocial therapy, the Niger State Government has stated.
The move, it said, is to address the traumatic effects of abduction on the physical balance and wellbeing of the abductees.
It added would help the abductees and their families get over the tragic episode that altered the psychological balance of those involved in the abduction especially the students.
Commissioner of Education, Hajiya Hannatu Jibrin Salihu stated these during an Interactive discussion with the Ministry of Women Affairs, Child’s Right Agency, UNICEF, and the National Orientation Agency (NOA).
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She said the Ministry would be sending a team of professional social workers and counsellors from the Ministry of Women Affairs, Child Rights Agency and Ministry of Education to reach out to the students and their parents as well as the teachers and their families in their various locations.
Salihu stated the step to reach out and mitigate the effects of the trauma on the students’ psyche is fundamental to the students and their parents as it will regulate the negative experiences of their abduction.
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The Commissioner further said the state is putting in place a mechanism for inter-agency collaboration and coordination in response to this kind of emergency to provide the necessary support to monitor the physical and psychosocial status of whoever may be affected.
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