The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to down tools if the Federal Government does not take positive actions to address the incessant attack on schools across the country.

This comes barely one week after bandits invaded the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, and abducted about 300 students.

NUT Secretary-General, Dr. Mike Ike Ene, reacting to the attack on Tuesday, December 16, said the union was going to down tools if the Federal Government do not ensure the safe release of the students held in captivity.

He said it was unfortunate that the President Buhari administration has failed to secure the lives of Nigerians and innocent school children who have become prey to assailants.

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He said; “In light of these recent developments, the Nigeria Union of Teachers 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”.

“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 lockdown caused by the Covid- 19 pandemic.

“As a union, the NUT will not fold her hands and watch enemies of educational development to threaten the nations educational system to suffocation.

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“As such we wish to remind our government at all levels, of their primary responsibility as enshrined in the constitution which is the security of lives and property of the entire Nigerian citizens.

“The NUT makes bold to demand that government must rise to this challenge and take up its responsibility to guarantee and execute this general principle and commitment of providing adequate security to all our educational institutions and the nation at large.”

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On December 1, bandits abducted a certain Mr. Alu Ola Paul, a Headteacher at Olagua Primary School Ohordua in Edo State, and released him one week after.

Similarly, on December 8, Eons Intelligence reported that Mrs. Gladys Niemogha Belleh and Mrs. Blessing Emunefe both of whom are teachers of Ohorhe Secondary School Effurun in Delta State were kidnapped in the school premises by armed bandits and are yet to be released.

These incidents are sorrowful reminders of previous events in Chibok and Dapchi, where Boko Haram terrorists had attacked and kidnapped students.

These onslaughts have disrupted school activities and have thrown families of the victims into anguish.

This has prompted the Zamfara State Government to shut down ten schools in the State. The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, also ordered the immediate closure of all boarding schools in the State 24 hours after the attack in Kankara.

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