The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to embark on a nation-wide strike over insecurity in the various schools across the country. This is following the abduction of over 300 students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State.
Dr. Mike Ene, Secretary-General of NUT disclosed this in a statement released yesterday, Wednesday December 15.
‘In light of these recent developments, the NUT may be compelled to down tools, pending when it is safe for our members to teach and guide our pupils and students without fear of abduction by these faceless enemies of educational prosperity of the Nigerian nation,” he said
The NUT herewith extend our appeal to all stakeholders to join hands with the government and security agencies to provide adequate protection for the students, pupils, teachers and the school communities, to ensure that educational activities are not hampered by enemies of the nations educational system using schools as soft targets,’ he added.
He noted that the recent condemnable events of Bandits attack on schools, if not immediately addressed will largely affect the 2019/2020 academic calender which has already been disrupted by the six-month-long lock down caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
