The true measure of a Safe Schools programme is whether our children can actually go to school safely. "When terrorists can decide whether Nigerian children go to school, they are exercising authority that belongs to the Nigerian state. Atiku said his own approach to school security, should he take office, would be built around communities rather than contracts issued from Abuja. Atiku concluded by saying the government could not claim success on school security while armed groups continued to determine whether institutions opened or remained shut. Under our government, criminals will not determine when Nigerian schools open.