Teachers and students across four local government areas of Kwara state on Thursday stayed out of their schools inline with the directive of the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in the state.
The stayed-out of the affected teachers and students from schools according to THISDAY checks is based on the directive of NUT over the reported incessant bandits attacks in the four local government areas of Isin, Irepodun, Oke-Ero, Ifelodun and Ekiti LGAs of the state and most especially the Tuesday bandits attack at Eruku town in Ekiti local government area of the state where three people were killed and over 30 people were abducted by the suspected bandits.
The directive was communicated on Wednesday through the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Kwara State Wing, which conveyed the government’s decision to school heads and teachers.
In a circular obtained by THISDAY in Ilorin, the NUT Chairman, Yusuf Agboola, announced that schools in Isin, Irepodun, Ifelodun, and Ekiti LGAs should shut down indefinitely.
Agboola explained that the union acted strictly on instructions from the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development after the government raised concerns about fresh security threats in Kwara South.
He said the order was urgent and necessary, noting that the region had been experiencing escalating security challenges that required immediate intervention. School authorities were urged to comply without delay.
“This decision was occasioned by the security challenges ravaging the area and the efforts of the government to control the situation,” the circular stated, assuring teachers that further information would be provided as events unfold.
However, reports from the four local government areas on Thursday revealed that, teachers and students were not at their schools in compliance with the NUT directive to schools heads and teachers in the affected four LGAs
It was gathered that, some of the students who were not aware of the directive that resumed early enough at their various schools were asked to go back home.
In a chat with THISDAY on the development, a parent, Mrs. Juliana Oyesoji said that, the closure of the schools in the four local government areas was a good one, adding that, the present situation in the affected local government areas needs urgent attention so as to avoid the students and pupils from being kidnapped by the bandits.
She urged the government to provide more security personnel to the affected local government areas in order to protect the lives and property of the residents.
Hammed Shittu
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