Nigeria, May 18 -- The Senate on Sunday called on state governors to embrace the Safe-School initiative as an alternative to state police in protecting students and schools from attacks.

The upper chamber maintained that the initiative could serve as a stop-gap measure pending the establishment of state police, which is part of the proposed amendment to the nation's constitution currently under consideration by the National Assembly.

The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, stated this in a statement issued by his Media Office while condemning the abduction of students in Borno and Oyo states.

The Safe School programme is a federal security initiative launched in 2014 to protect students and schools from attacks.

The programme was introdu...