SAN FRANCISCO, December 19, (THEWILL) – The United Nations, UN, has welcomed the release of the 344 Kankara schoolboys in Katsina State.
The Secretary – General, António Guterres, in a statement on Saturday by the Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, commended “the swift action taken by the Nigerian authorities to rescue the children”.
This, he said, while stressing the importance that those children and their families are now “provided with the necessary health and psychosocial support”.
The Secretary-General called for “increased efforts to safeguard schools and educational facilities in the country” and reiterated the UN’s solidarity and commitment in “supporting the Government and people of Nigeria in their fight against terrorism, violent extremism and organized crime”.
