NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).
NUT Protest : Wike Warns Against Politicising Insecurity The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicising insecurity amid protests by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT wing, over the killing and abduction of school staff and children in Oyo State. Teachers stormed the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja to condemn the killing of Michael Oyedokun and to demand the release of abducted pupils and teachers from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area. The FCT minister addressed the protesters on Tuesday, saying the federal government is on its toes working to secure the rescue of the schoolchildren and their teachers. Wike urged protesters to avoid turning the tragedy into a political issue and to give security efforts time to produce results. Chairman of the union in the FCT, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, explained that the nationwide solidarity protest was to condemn the killing of the teacher and abduction of the school chil...
Over the weekend,NEMA {National Emergency Management Agency} received 197 Nigerians that were displaced by the crises in Central African Republic who have been taking refuge in the Republic of Cameroon under the International Organization for Migration {IOM}.Director General of NEMA Muhammad Sani Sidi who received the returnees in Sahuda border post near Mubi in Adamawa state said about two years agofollowing the escalation of the crises in the Central African Republic,the Federal Government through NEMA had evacuated its citizens through the airport,these could not be reached because they had crossed over to the Republic of Cameroon.He said under international charter which Nigeria was signatory,the Nigerians were free to decide when to return back home especially given the cover of the International Organization which had opened camps for them in that country.According to him,as IOM was closing the camps they informed the Nigerian government of the development by transporting them to the border,NEMA was mandated to receive them there on behalf of the Federal Government.
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