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...
Worried by rampart cases of overloading with human beings and goods being noticed in Gusau,Zamfara state,the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps {FRSC}, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has declared a major operation against the menace of overloading,giving a marching order to the sector commander to immediately eradicate the practice with all the might of the command.The Corps Marshal made the declaration over the weekend while addressing staff of Zamfara state Sector Command of the FRSC during his visit to the state capital.Oyeyemi wwho described as ''unacceptable,'' a situation where human beings are loaded with animals in the booth of vehicles,noted that such acts which are common in the state capital must be brought to an end forthwith through aggressive public enlightenment and enforcement programmes by the command,commencing from Monday.''It is appalling to still see human beings and animals being conveyed in the booth of vehicles in many areas of the state.Aside such practice being dangerous,it is also socially unaccepted,'' he stated. ''As a demonstration of our concern against the practice,I am directing the sector commander to commence a major operation as from Monday with a view to eradicating the practice,not only within the state capitl,but all parts of the state including the neighbouring areas,'' he added.The Corps Marshal further directed the Zonal Commanding Officer of Zone RS10 Headquarters,Sokoto,to replicate the campaign in all the states under the zone,saying he would be personally reviewing the operations to determine the level of compliance upon which the commanding officers could be rewarded or sanctioned in line with the ideals of his management on reward and punishment for hard working and indolent staff.
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