Return of schools: NUT threatens showdown with Anambra
Written by John Alechenu, Abuja



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Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi File


The National Union of Teachers has threatened to shut down socio-economic activities in Anambra State if the state government does not rescind its decision to return public schools to missionaries.



National President of the Union, Mr. Michael Olukoya, handed down the threat at a press conference at the Teachers’ House, Abuja.

He said Anambra State Government’s decision was “a criminal violation” of the Universal Basic Education Act (2004) making universal basic education free and compulsory.

The trade unionist wondered why public officers in Nigeria appear in a hurry to abdicate their responsibility of providing service to the public.

He said it was a sad development for public officers who enjoyed public education to deny the new generation access to the same rights.

Olukoya said, “It is a parody and travesty of governance that as the world moves progressively toward mass education through public funding, the Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, is all out at returning education to elitist project, undeserving for the children of the poor masses.

“The recourse to handing over primary schools is an attempt at commercialising that compulsory, free and universal basic education; Governor Obi and the missions to whom primary and secondary schools within the ambit of the universal basic education Act are threading the path of criminality in the face of the law that is being currently trampled upon in Anambra State.”

The NUT President berated the governor for taking such a position.

He said “Governor Obi should convince the public, if the majority of those in Nigerian prisons today and most of the ex-governors and high profile public servants who are already heading for jail on account of money laundering are not products of mission schools.

“Does it not amount to moral depravity that government should assist religious bodies with the sum of N9bn public fund to prosecute religious education while ours remain a secular state.

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What concerns Olukoya with schools in Anambra

i think he is the head of nut.i just find it funny that nut is against this move.whose interest are they really protecting here?

asha 80:

i think he is the head of nut.i just find it funny that nut is against this move.whose interest are they really protecting here?

He is the head of NUT in Abuja and not in Anambra, he should mind his business at the federal level.

I would share my thoughts why NUT is running like a chicken with head cut off on this issue.

Public school system in Nigeria is a cesspit of mediocrity and corruption, with so many half baked teachers and ghost worker teachers who collect salary while running their private businesses. Under the churches, all these would stop!
The churches would ask some tough questions of these "teachers" and punish culprits.
So teachers are trying to stop it.
Well, Peter Obi is a very stubborn man, so I wish them good luck on that. A camel would pass through the eye of the needle first before Obi pays them any attention.

Onlytruth:

I would share my thoughts why NUT is running like a chicken with head cut off on this issue.

Public school system in Nigeria is a cesspit of mediocrity and corruption, with so many half baked teachers and ghost worker teachers who collect salary while running their private businesses. Under the churches, all these would stop!
The churches would ask some tough questions of these "teachers" and punish culprits.
So teachers are trying to stop it.
Well, Peter Obi is a very stubborn man, so I wish them good luck on that. A camel would pass through the eye of the needle first before Obi pays them any attention.

i thought as much because the excuses they gave is lame as hell.