Atiku says the closure of schools across about 40 local government areas exposes the failure of the Tinubu administration’s ₦144.86 billion Safe Schools Programme despite massive public spending. The true measure of a Safe Schools programme is whether our children can actually go to school safely. “Safe Schools will be measured by children in classrooms, not billions in government documents.” He stated, “A government cannot announce billions for Safe Schools and expect Nigerians to applaud its failure while terrorists are shutting the schools. The programme, valued at ₦144.86 billion, was designed to improve school security infrastructure, emergency preparedness, intelligence coordination, and rapid response mechanisms.