The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to shut down schools in the country over the reoccurring abduction of students by armed gangs. He said:“These abductions here and there are deliberate steps to discourage education and encourage school drop out. It is unfortunate that schools have now become soft targets and we appear helpless. You can see that by targeting boys only schools and girls only schools, their aim is to discourage both male and female from going to school.'' Ene said the union will shut down schools nationwide if it becomes unsafe for teachers and students to be in schoolsThe NUT secretary faulted the Zamfara state governor for saying his amnesty programme to bandits is working.

Source: Daily Nation February 28, 2021 11:37 UTC