Bandits, Boko Haram killed over 2,295 teachers since 2009, says NLC

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has revealed that more than 2,295 teachers have been killed across Nigeria by bandits and Boko Haram insurgents since 2009, with over 19,000 displaced in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states.

The figures were announced during a nationwide protest at the NLC headquarters in Abuja against the worsening insecurity in the country. The organized labor also presented ten measures to the federal government to address the security crisis.

Addressing workers, NLC Deputy General Secretary Ishmail Bello urged the government to urgently secure schools and protect students and teachers. “All the government needs to do is to bring all the powers and the machinery of governance to ensure that all the ungoverned spaces in our country are recovered immediately,” he stated.

Bello highlighted the broader impact of insecurity, noting that millions have been displaced, farmers extorted or driven from their lands, and livelihoods destroyed.

Health workers, local government staff, and traders have also been severely affected, he added.

Among its recommendations, the NLC called for making Chapter Two of the 1999 Constitution justiciable; convening a Citizens’ Dialogue to shape constitutional reforms; and establishing transparent Security Trust Funds at all government levels to improve intelligence, recruitment, welfare, and equipment for security personnel.

The NLC stressed that without decisive action, the nation’s education system, economy, and social stability will continue to deteriorate.

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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