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...
UNICEF says it has disbursed N53 million to 209 School Based Management Committees {SBMCs} for the improvement of girl-child education in Zamfara stare in northwest Nigeria.The Chief of UNICEF Sokoto field office,Mr Mohammed Mohiuddin,said the fund was part of an intervention on Girl Education Project Phase 3 {GEP 3} by the UKID/DFID and managed by the UNICEF.The project,he said,was designed to be implemented over eight years,from 2012 to 2020,during which one million additional girls were expected to be enrolled and retained in schools in the five states under the scheme.The field officer said, ''an estimated 1.9 million boys would also benefit from the investment through improvements in teacher quality and school governance.An estimated 155,580 girls were expected to be added to the number of girls in school by the time the project rounds off in 2020''.Mohiuddin said each of the schools management committees would receive N250,000 directly into its account for the improvement of the schools to enrolment,retention and improved learning.
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