Teachers won’t resume without gadgets –NUT

President Goodluck Jonathan

The Nigeria Union of Teachers has directed its members not to resume on September 22, 2014 as directed by the Federal Government, until hand gloves, sanitisers, infrared thermometers, running water and soap have been provided in schools.

The NUT said that in states where the necessary Ebola training and sensitisation had not been done and the gadgets not provided, teachers would continue to remain at home until their state governments respond or the union directed them otherwise.

The union’s president, Michael Olukoya, who said this at a news briefing shortly after holding a meeting with the National Executive Council of the NUT, on Tuesday in Abuja, however, noted that teachers would resume classes only in states where they had been trained to handle Ebola outbreaks in obedience to the Federal Government directive.

He said the union took the decision to protect its members. Read more >>