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The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) is worried by the refusal of the government to pay the 27.5 per cent Teachers Salary Scale (TSS) allowance to teachers in unity schools, and has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike should the situation persist.

Speaking at Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, during a conference organised by the union, Mr. Michael Olukoya, the national president of NUT, urged the federal government to create a conducive environment for learning in the country.

“Government should appropriately police the school environment for the security of pupils and teachers and create conducive learning environment for quality education delivery,” Olukoya said.

He said that the Boko Haram insurgents have laid siege to educational development and lamented the plight of teachers in the north-east. he noted that a total of 173 teachers from Borno and Yobe states have lost their lives as a result of attacks from Boko Haram.

Decrying the continued detention of Chibok girls, he urged the federal government to expend all resources available to save them from psychological trauma.

He implored governments at all levels to provide schools within their jurisdiction with perimeter fencing and security personnel at all times, and called on the ministry of education to incorporate the crèche system into the country’s national educational policy and practice.