Lagos mulls greater cyber safety awareness in schools ---As Safety Commission organizes cyber safety seminar for schools

By Kayode Olopade 

Lagos State Government through the Lagos Safety Commission has held a one-day seminar for schools across the state with the  theme;  "building a strong cyber safety awareness"

Mojola explained that the internet offers boundless opportunities to learn, connect, and grow, just as he emphasized that it also comes with risks.

 "Young people in particular, are increasingly vulnerable to the dangers lurking online. Cyberbullying, phishing scams, identity theft, exposure to inappropriate content, and online predators are just a few of the challenges students encounter in cyberspace. Sadly, many students are unaware of the risks and become victims of these threats", he said

"Today's event, conducted in partnership with the Safe Schools Alliance, epitomizes the proactive approach we must adopt to ensure that our schools remain safe in both physical and digital realms by cultivating a robust foundation of cyber security awareness", Mojola added.

He, however, emphasized that Lagos State Government remains committed to eradicating cyber attacks hence the safety awareness seminar in schools, just as he added that they decided to begin with the children so as to protect the children from being infected abnitio and also to allow them decipher right from the wrong information, and particularly not to fall into temptation of joining wrong and non-educative and unproductive websites.

Also contributing, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Mr Sesan  Ogundeko, said Lagos State government would want our children to know the need to access the Internet and the implications of knowing what is good and what is bad for them, hence the need to inculcate a seminar of this nature in their mind as being witnessed today.

Also in his remark, Dr Bisi Esuruoso, the Lead Resources, Safe Schools, Lagos, says seminar such as this is timely as they highlights what benefits the seminar will undoubtedly prepare schools across Lagos to effectively tackle cyber threats, thereby fostering a safer digital environment for every one involved.

Students spoke on the lessons learnt as they hope to put everything into practice, emphasized that with the rise of false narratives and cyber bullying in social media, it is believed that this seminar by the the Lagos State Safety Commission will equip students with the right tools to guide themselves against cyber bullies