Kagara abduction: NUT demands declaration of emergency on security
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By Joseph Erunke
THE Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has frowned at the abduction of students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, in Niger State by bandits.
To this end, the union tasked the federal government to adopt different approach in tackling insecurity as according to it, the current strategy being deployed by security agencies was not yielding any meaningful fruit.
This was as it demanded a declaration of total state of emergency on security situation in the country by the government.
The NUT, reacting to the development in a statement tagged:” Terrorist Attack on Schools and Abduction of Students/Teachers One Incident Too Many”, signed by its General Secretary, Dr Mike Ike Ene, regretted the reported incident.
Teachers in the secondary schools in Nigeria have been advised to disregard claims by the splinter group, Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), that the Supreme Court, on January 15, 2021, delivered judgment granting it autonomy as a new trade union.
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Nigeria Union of Teachers has said that the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools is being sponsored by governors owing workers’ salaries.
The union also stated that ASUSS was not registered and recognised under the trade union act adding that it was extorting secondary school teachers.
While briefing journalists in Lagos and Abuja on Wednesday and Thursday respectively, the NUT National President, Dr Nasir Idris, represented by the deputy president, Kelvin Nwankwo, accused the leader of ASUSS, Mr Samuel Omaji, of making false claims had been making false and deceptive claim to have obtained judgement to unionise secondary school teachers.
The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has said that no new trade union has been registered as Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS).