Govt Responsible For Schoolgirls Abduction - NLC
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".
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Abegunde Goke Kale Ayo Abdulraufu Mustapha TESCOM Moji Makanjuola Oni Adebayo Oke-Ero Ilorin.Info First Lady Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye Muhammadu Gobir Oluwole Dupe Sa\'adu Salahu Harmony Holdings Yomi Ogunsola Lanre Badmus Kwara 2015 Ilorin South Kwara State Fish Farmers Association Sulyman Age AbdulKareem Ridwan Agboola Alabi Lawal Kunle Akogun Mohammed Alabi Lawal Sulaiman Gado Bashir Adigun Student Learning Support Helpline Ajia-Bako Mufutau Olatinwo AbdulRahman Saad Asa LGEA School Young Progressives Party Plat Technologies Limited Gbemisola Saraki Mahee Abdulkadir Umaru Saro Igosun Isau David Oyepinola Adedumoye ITP Seed Technologies Mubarak Oladosu IYA YUSUF Durosinlohun Atiku Olateju Lukman Omar Bolaji Gambari Oyawoye Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations Taofeek Sanusi AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem Joseph Bamigboye Pategi Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory Adamu Atta Inside Kwara General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Yekini Adio Yakub Ali-Agan Matthew Babaoye Unilorin FM Kayode Ogunlowo Afeyin-Olukuta SWAN Abubakar Usman Jos Rasheed Jimoh Iponrin Yoonus Lawal Tafida Col. Ibrahim Taiwo Zubair Folorunsho Erubu LABTOP Ileloke Ado Bayero Ella Supreme Tissue Paper Isin Centre For Digital Economy Abikan

