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Teachers across Akwa Ibom State will withdraw classroom services on Tuesday as they join a nationwide solidarity rally demanding the release of teachers and pupils abducted from schools in Oyo State.
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Akwa Ibom State Wing, announced the decision in a letter dated 1 June and addressed to the state commissioner for education.
The union said all primary and post-primary schools in the state would remain closed on Tuesday to enable teachers participate in the peaceful rally.
The protest is part of a nationwide directive issued by the national leadership of the NUT following the abduction of teachers and pupils from Baptist Nursery and Primary Schools in the Esiele and Yawota communities of Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State on 15 May.
