The Kaduna State Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) on Thursday said they would close down all public schools if any of its members is sacked by Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i.
Audu Amba, NUT Chairman in the state said at a press conference in Kaduna, that the union would go on total strike if the government should dismiss any teacher.
According to him, the teachers were not tried based on professionalism, adding that the NUT will only recognise test conducted by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria.
“The so-called competency test was not a true test, because you can only test a teacher by supervising him while he teaches in class,” he argued.
“What we agreed in the committee was 60 per cent, only for the Governor to use 75 per cent; yes, we agree that there are incompetent teachers among us, but the decision of the state government was not what we agreed at the committee level,” Amba said.
“These teachers did not employ themselves; they were employed by the state government only to turn around and declare them unqualified.
“They are our members and we have a duty to protect our own,” he said.
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