Nigerian
Union Of Teachers Orders Closure Of All Primary & Secondary
Schools, In Protest To The Abduction Of The Chibok Schoolgirls
In
protest to the abduction of the over 200 female students of the
Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, the Nigeria Union of
Teachers has ordered the closure of all primary and secondary schools in
the country on Thursday, 22nd of May. Members of the union are also to
hold “Bring back our girls” rallies simultaneously in the 36 states of
the federation and Abuja.
The President of NUT, Mr. Michael Olukoya, had this to say:
“All
schools nationwide shall be closed today (Thursday) which will be our
day of protest against the abduction of female students in Chibok and
the heartless murder of 173 teachers.
We remain resolute in our resolve to continue the campaign even as we mourn the death of our colleagues until our girls are brought back alive and the perpetrators of the heinous crime brought to book.
We
demand that both the federal and the respective state governments
should exhibit true concern to the families of the 173 teachers – 170
from Borno and three from Yobe State – who lost their lives to the
barbaric, uncivilised and wicked acts of terrorists by paying them
adequate compensation to assist in soothing their misery.”
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