Nigerian teachers' union threatens nationwide strike over increasing threats


By Saliu
  • World
  • Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020

ABUJA, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- The national union of Nigerian teachers on Tuesday threatened to down tools over recent attacks on schools, including Friday's abduction of students in the country's northwestern state of Katsina.

Recent attacks have posed a threat to the lives of teachers and students, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) said in a statement, in response to the attack on the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, in which more than 300 students went missing.

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