Killing Of Abducted Students: Stop Grandstanding, ASUU, NAPTAN, NUT Tell Govt

Some critical stakeholders in the education sector have called on the government to match words with actions and stop grandstanding and secure the release of students and other persons who were abducted at various times by gunmen in schools across the country.
They also described as dastardly and inhuman, the killing of three students of Greenfield University, Kaduna State, who were abducted last week by gunmen who invaded their campus.
The stakeholders included the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU); the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN); and the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT).
Speaking with newsmen, yesterday, the stakeholders noted that incessant abductions of students and teachers in schools could lead to a total paralysis of education in the country and that such would have dire consequences on the nation.
The National President of NAPTAN, Alhaji Haruna Danjuma, said it was unfortunate that the government appeared helpless in tackling the menace.
“It is very unfortunate. As parents, we are becoming helpless and the government we rely on does not seem to know what to do. While the security personnel seem to be groping in the dark. The bandits mean business and are ready for the worse, after abducting our children, they have started killing them.
“The government too is not willing to do anything. They say they are not going to negotiate, but negotiation does not mean giving the bandits money. It means finding solution to the issue, it may not necessarily mean giving them money, it could mean asking them what they want,” he said.
When asked what could be done since government would not agree to negotiation, the NAPTAN president suggested that the government should support any effort by the parents to secure the release of their wards.