Billions flow into Security Votes, yet children still disappear into terrorist camps. If the money is secured but the children are not, somebody owes Nigerians an answer.
On Nigeria’s Children’s Day, May 27, 2026, Nigerian politicians delivered speeches
about the future while 88 kidnapped children and teachers remained trapped in
forests. The celebration exposed a painful truth: for many Nigerian children,
the future is not a dream—it is a hostage situation.
Nigeria’s State Governors receive Security Votes monies to
help fight insecurity, yet kidnappers continue raiding schools and villages.
Parents are asking a brutal question: if billions are spent on security every
year, why do terrorists still keep winning?
Since the 2014 Chibok kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls, school
abductions have become a recurring nightmare. Nigeria’s children leave home to
learn mathematics and science but sometimes end up bargaining for survival in
terrorist camps deep inside forests.
Nigeria’s state governors often appears more energized by party battles, embezzling public funds, and power struggles than by rescuing kidnapped children. The house is burning, but the landlords are fighting over who gets the master bedroom.
A nation is judged by how it treats its weakest people. When children are kidnapped, teachers are beheaded, schools are unsafe, and millions remain out of school, leaders must answer one uncomfortable question: if the children are not safe, what exactly has been secured?
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