Attacks on Schools, Kidnapping, Threats to Education— ASUSS

The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools(ASUSS), has expressed concern over the incessant killings, kidnappings and harassment of teachers and students across the country, describing such situations as a serious threat to the nation’s educational development.

According to the Union, these sordid scenarios are affecting the teachers’ productivity adversely and making enrollment in schools dropped.

The group however said, as terrible as the situations seem to be, ASUSS  lauded the governor of Kaduna State,  Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, for employing 7,600 teachers, commending Kano and Adamawa, for legislating on extension members’ retirement to 65 years.

The ASUSS’  CWC said this in a communique issued after its meeting in Kaduna, its National President, Com. Samuel Omaji and Secretary-General, Com. Sola Adigun, who doubles as the Chairman of ASUSS in Ekiti State.

The communique reads: “We appreciate the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, for the recruitment of 7,600 teachers into its 9,000 Secondary School Tutors. This is laudable as it is geared towards quality and functional education.

“We commend the government of Kano State for redeploying 11,000 trained teachers in its MDAs to schools to boost teaching and learning.  The commendations also go to Oyo, Lagos and Delta States, for the up-to-date promotion of teachers”.

In spite of the above incentives to teaching, ASUSS seriously frowned at the insecurity across the country, particularly, incessant attacks on schools, leading to the killing and kidnapping of teachers and students for ransoms.

“That the prevailing insecurity transcends ethnicity and politics; and for the umpteenth time, the union calls on governments at all levels to be sincere in handling security issues as it is their fundamental responsibility”.

It added further that its members are incurably  committed to its objectives of raising future leaders  and shall vigorously pursue them for meaningful and robust development of education in Nigeria.

ASUSS urged the National  Assembly to expedite action on the bills to energise  better welfare packages for teachers, saying dilly-dallying on the passage  doesn’t correlate  with the position maintained by President Muhammadu Buhari

ASUSS called on all other states that have allegedly denied teachers their privileges, rights and regular emoluments to do the right thing to alleviate the burdens and pains on members.

The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), has expressed concern over the incessant killings, kidnappings and harassment of teachers and students across the country, describing such situations as a serious threat to the nation’s educational development.

According to the Union, these sordid scenarios are affecting the teachers’ productivity adversely and making enrollment in schools dropped.

The group however said, as terrible as the situations seem to be, ASUSS  lauded the governor of Kaduna State,  Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, for employing 7,600 teachers, commending Kano and Adamawa, for legislating on extension members’ retirement to 65 years.

The ASUSS’  CWC said this in a communique issued after its meeting in Kaduna  and made available to newsmen by its National President, Com. Samuel Omaji and Secretary-General, Com. Sola Adigun, who doubles as the Chairman of ASUSS in Ekiti State.

The communique reads: “We appreciate the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, for the recruitment of 7,600 teachers into its 9,000 Secondary School Tutors. This is laudable as it is geared towards quality and functional education.

“We commend the government of Kano State for redeploying 11,000 trained teachers in its MDAs to schools to boost teaching and learning.  The commendations also go to Oyo, Lagos and Delta States, for the up-to-date promotion of teachers”.

In spite of the above incentives to teaching, ASUSS seriously frowned at the insecurity across the country, particularly, incessant attacks on schools, leading to the killing and kidnapping of teachers and students for ransoms.

“That the prevailing insecurity transcends ethnicity and politics; and for the umpteenth time, the union calls on governments at all levels to be sincere in handling security issues as it is their fundamental responsibility”.

It added further that its members are incurably  committed to its objectives of raising future leaders  and shall vigorously pursue them for meaningful and robust development of education in Nigeria.

ASUSS urged the National  Assembly to expedite action on the bills to energise  better welfare packages for teachers, saying dilly-dallying on the passage  doesn’t correlate  with the position maintained by President Muhammadu Buhari

ASUSS called on all other states that have allegedly denied teachers their privileges, rights and regular emoluments to do the right thing to alleviate the burdens and pains on members.