Govt Responsible For Schoolgirls Abduction - NLC

Date: 2014-05-26

Vice-President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Isa Aremu yesterday said government should be held responsible for the abduction of over 200 school girls and the insecurity challenge in the country.

He described as a "misconception of governance" the statement credited to the representative of President Goodluck Jonathan, asking the "#bringbackourgirls" protesters in Abuja to direct their protest to the abductors.

Speaking with newsmen in Ilorin shortly after the eight day fidau for late Serikinfawa of Ilorin, Alhaji Ahmadu Amosa Tuba, Aremu noted that the Nigeria's security challenge should not be seen as an isolated issue affecting the North-east alone but the entire country.

He said the NLC expresses solidarity with members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) who protested last week against the abduction of Chibok Secondary school girls and the killing of 173 teachers by insurgents.

The development, he noted, was an attack on education and knowledge, adding that "all men and women of knowledge should stand up to save knowledge. An injury to teachers should be an injury to all Nigerians. Not even during the civil war did we lose as many as 173 teachers at a go. They were not war activists, they were teachers and I think the lesson of this is that the current insecurity challenge should not be seen as an isolated issue".

He tasked the government to act fast because, according to him, the current insecurity situation poses danger to governance.

He added, "After Almighty God, the only institution that is meant to protect citizens worldwide is government. After God, the only protector we possibly have is our government and when I say government, in the case of Nigeria, federal, states and local governments. So the challenge of insecurity can only be solved by the government and it is the government we know. We don't know the killers but we know those we elected to protect us. It is they who must make sure schools are secured for uninterrupted learning. It is the federal government in collaboration with the states and local governments that would make sure pupils are secure in schools and teachers are protected".

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Assayomo     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Paul Olawoore     Shehu Salau     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Segun Adeniyi     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Ayinke Saka     Centre For Digital Economy     Christopher Odetunde     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Niyi Osundare     Jimba Babatunde     Ghali Muhammed     CKNG     Kwara Restoration Project     Nigerian Army     FERMA     Jimoh Bashir     ASKOMP     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Lotus Bank     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Iyabo Adewuyi     Isiaq Khadeejah     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Segun Olawoyin     Osinbajo     Justina Oha     Adesoye     Quarry Royal Valley     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Siraj Oyewale     CT Ayeni     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Bio Ibrahim     Okin Biscuit     Agbarere     Monsurat Omotosho     David Oyedepo     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Mohammed Lawal     Doyin Agbamu     Press Release     Toyin Saraki     Dankaka     Okin Biscuits     Lanre Badmas     Facemasks     Moshood Mustapha     Aliyu Sabi     Magaji Nda     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Senate President     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Fulani     Mohammed Abdulahi     Bashir Badawi     Matthew Babaoye     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Bola Shagaya     UITH     Muslim Cementary     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Transition Implementation Committee     Forgo Battery     Dagbalodo     Saraki     April 11     MATTA Girls Foundation     Olatunji Ibrahim     Omoniyi     Bello Oyebanji    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yahaya Seriki     Saliu Tunde Bello     National Pilot     Kuliyan Geri     Ridwan Agboola     Abdulwaheed Musa     Roheemat Hammed     Kwara State Sports Commission     Mujtabah Bature     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Col. Adedipe     Kwara Consultative Forum     Nigeria Computer Society     Ishola Abdullahi     Hamidu Olowo     Asa     Yunus Oniboki     Okedare     Folashade Omoniyi     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Kwara State Television     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Nagode     TESCOM 2025     Muhammadu Buhari     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Salami Adekunle     Shonga     Yaman     Just Law Forum     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Alanamu     Shade Omoniyi     Balogun-Ojomu     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Adamu Attah     Unilorin     Obayomi Azeez     Sadiq Umar     Oba Of Jebba     Bola Tinubu     Jumoke Gafar     CLAY POT     Ahmad Belgore     Omoniyi     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Chief Imam Of Offa     Edret Sabi Abel     Bashirat Bola Bello     Aliyu Adebayo     Post-utme     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Sayomi     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Olusola Saraki     Biliaminu Aliu     John Olobayo     Halimah Perogi     Kwara Basketball Association     Saheed Popoola     Lawan     Goodluck Jonathan     Idowu Laro     Musibau Akanji     Gbenga Adebayo     Salake     Iyaloja-General     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Iqra Books     Bisi Kristien     Frootify     Plat Technologies Limited     New Naira Notes     Galland Marcias     Abdulkareem Alabi