Toyin:
Your chosen analogy would apply only if you have
bought hook line and sinker--the propaganda from
the federal side--orchestrated with the help of WAEC officials.
There is a world of difference between a request from WAEC
officials for the relocation of this year's examination center
to more secure locations in Borno state and the complete
closure of the school
and its boarding residence due to the Boko Haram insurgency.
Primary school girls some as young as 8 to 14 years old do not
take WAEC exams.
Borno state is under a State of Emergency--which necessitates that
all matters of security rested with the federal government.
There should be no passing of the buck on the Boko Haram crisis.
All levels of government are equally responsible for the chronic lack of
security of life and property in Nigeria.
The buck stops at President Jonathan's desk on all matters of security
in Nigeria.
The only aspect of security under the control of the state governors is the protection of their personal SECURITY VOTES!
Bye,
Ola
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The directive was that all schools in that region should be closed for the safety of students.
The parents should have raised an alarm about letting their children attend school in a vulnerable location when schools in the area were ordered closed.
As a parent, its your duty to make sure you abide by rules made to protect you and your dependants.
If those rules are flouted with your connivance, you should ask yourself questions, ask questions of the immediate authorities who contravened the rules made for your protection.
What happened is almost like contravening traffic laws and stepping onto the path of a speeding truck.
Who is to be blamed?
The person stepping onto the path of the truck, those encouraging the person to do so or the government that created rules against stepping onto the road when trucks are passing?
An imperfect analogy but one which gives the picture of the responsibility of the citizen to abide by rules made for their protection.
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The Boko Haram Chibok Kidnapping Saga and the Analogy of the Speeding Truck
Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju
Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems
The Nigerian federal government gave a directive for the protection of schoolchildren that was flouted, leading to the abduction of the students.
The directive was that all schools in that region should be closed for the safety of students.
The governor of the state kept the Chibok school open, against all reason.
He claims the Chibok villagers prevailed on him to do so.
The parents should have raised an alarm about letting their children attend school in a vulnerable location when schools in the area were ordered closed.
As a parent, its your duty to make sure you abide by rules made to protect you and your dependants.
If those rules are flouted with your connivance, you should ask yourself questions, ask questions of the immediate authorities who contravened the rules made for your protection.
What happened is almost like contravening traffic laws and stepping onto the path of a speeding truck.
Who is to be blamed?
The person stepping onto the path of the truck, those encouraging the person to do so or the government that created rules against stepping onto the road when trucks are passing?
An imperfect analogy but one which gives the picture of the responsibility of the citizen to abide by rules made for their protection.
Image source :http://www.123rf.com/photo_8855563_blue-truck-speeding-on-country-highway-motion-blur.html
Accessed 13 May 2014
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