Over 600 teachers have been killed and 19,000 others displaced since the Boko Haram Islamic sect started its destructive activities in the country, the Nigeria Union of Teachers said, on Monday.

The President of the NUT, Michael Alogba, stated this in Abuja during the commemoration of this year’s World Teachers Day, with the theme, “Empowering Teachers, Building Sustainable Societies.”

At the event, President Muhammadu Buhari, represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, assured Nigerian teachers of his administration’s commitment to initiating policies that would reposition teacher education in the country.

The low-key event was however wrapped up with the presentation of the President’s award of a brand new car to Mr. Alade Taiwo, a teacher with Dominic’s Primary School, Ondo State, who emerged as the best teacher in Nigeria for the year 2015.

According to the NUT, 308 teachers were killed by the insurgents in Borno State alone, 75 in Adamawa,18 in Yobe, 25 in Kaduna,120 in Plateau, 63 in Kano and two in Gombe State.

This year’s event was however different as only a handful of teachers across the country turned up for the annual event.

The NUT lamented the inability of the government to rescue the abducted Chibok girls, more than 500 days after they were abducted by members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect.

Alogba said, “Insecurity in and around our schools is antithetical to the delivery of quality education in our school system. As teachers of primary and secondary schools, who are at the heart and foundation of education delivery and care to our children, we are devastated by the damage the atrocious activities of the Boko Haram sect have done to the education system as well as the lives and future of thousands of children, particularly in the North-East of the country.

“The memory of the Chibok girls and thousands of others whose potential and lives have been truncated remains traumatic and demoralising. Mr. President, it is on record that over 600 teachers have lost their lives to the terror attacks. These include 308 in Borno, 75 in Adamawa, 18 in Yobe, 25 in Kaduna, 120 in Plateau, 63 in Kano and two in Gombe State. This is in addition to over 19,000 teachers that have been displaced and are suffering great losses due to the barbaric activities of the insurgents.”

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Which way Nigeria?
Internally Generated Violence gradually handicapping the Gaint of Africa.

Ban Islam and have peace!!!

I pity north.

One day, we will overcome terror. That may be @ d second coming of Jesus Christ tho. Does lalasticlala read punch newspaper?