Chibok Abduction: Teachers Embark On Nationwide Boycott Of Schools

Another protest is set following the April 14, 2014 kidnap of 276 girls from the Government Secondary School, in Chibok, by the Boko Haram Islamist sect. The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Wednesday directed all its members across the country to sit at at home this Thursday, May 21, 2014. President of NUT, Mr Micheal Olukoya, gave the directive at a press conference in Abuja, and said the union had resolved to hold #BringBackOurGirls rallies, simultaneously, across the 36 Nigerian States of the federation and in Abuja. Olukoya said all schools nationwide shall be closed, as the day will be NUT’s day of protesting the abduction of the girls, as well as the heartless murder of 173 teachers. “We remain resolute in our resolve to continue the campaign even as we mourn the death of our colleagues”, Olukoya said. “We will continue with the protest until our girls are brought back safe and alive, and the perpetrators of the heinous crime are brought to book,” Olukoya added with a passionate resolve. Lamenting the killing of 173 teachers from both Borno and Yobe States, he implored the government to show concern to the plight of the deceased teachers by compensating their families.