Furthermore, at the senior secondary school level, the total number of female teachers in public and private schools was 20,552 and males, 6,512.
Many farmers have abandoned their farms and were no longer planting the seed because of fear of herdsmen’ attack and kidnappers.
The governor reassured the people that investigations are ongoing to unmask the sponsors of the attacks in the state.
“We are unhappy because our children cannot go to school feeling safe and protected by adults and the governments.”
The incessant attacks further question the capacity of the security forces to protect indigenes of Imo State from the escalating insurgency.
The meeting might not be unconnected with the worsening security situation in the zone.
The attack on the police office comes barely a week after police headquarters and a correctional facility were attacked in neighbouring Imo State with over 1,000 inmates released.
Mr Ikpeazu however said he does not agree with the strategy of the group.
“We are yet to get any report from there and I have not been around. I am waiting for the report,” the police commissioner said.
The new unit will coordinate prompt response to violent crimes across the region from its headquarters in Enugu.
