Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central senator on Sunday said that protecting schools and constructing perimeter fences remained cheaper than paying ransom.
He stated this in response to the release of Zamfara State school girls abducted by bandits last Friday.
In a tweet on his Twitter handle, be urged northern governors to put in extra efforts to secure schools in order to stop paying ransom.
Sani wrote, “The news of the release of the abducted Students of the GGSS Jangebe is a great relief and a welcome development. All efforts should be made to secure other schools in the north since this has become a repeated tragedy.
“Dear @abusbello and @GovNiger, rebuild Government Science College Kagara and rename the school after the young student who was killed by the bandits when they stormed the school.
“Protecting schools and constructing perimeter fences is cheaper than paying ransom.
“Even though we are overwhelmed with bandits abductions in the North-West of our country, the government should intensify efforts and contacts to ensure that the abducted Chibok Pastor Bulus Yakuru is not executed by the terror group in Borno State.”