Audu Amba, the National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on security in the country.
The NUT president made this call in Abuja, the nation’s capital during the Union’s 6th Annual Solemn Assembly.
He said the insecurity situation in the country should no longer be treated with levity, stressing that all should be done by the federal government to ensure that the “stumbling blocks that are bedeviling the security architecture of the country” are removed.
According to Amba, everything hovers around security, that the country cannot move forward if Nigerians don’t feel safe wherever they are living and doing business.
The NUT called on the authorities to ensure that security is put in place to protect schools and educational institutions across the country, adding all hands must be on deck to ensure that this is achieved.
Amba said: “Government at all levels should do the needful since security is everybody’s business.
“Nothing can be achieved with insecurity in the country. So, it is imperative to move all stumbling blocks that are bedeviling the security architecture of the country.
“It is our hope that Federal, State, Local Government and all stakeholders in education should join hands to protect our schools and the education workers in Nigeria.”
