37 teachers died in Kaduna bomb blast - NUT president

 

The National President of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, Micheal Olukoya, says that 37 teachers died in the bomb incident that rocked Sabongari in Kaduna state yesterday July 7th. The teachers were at the state secretariat to partake in the verification exercise initiated by the government to weed off ghost workers.

While speaking at the Founders day of the Nigerian Union of Teachers in Abuja today July 8th, Mr Olukoya said so far, 272 teachers had lost their lives to the various Boko Haram attacks in Borno State alone and that over 19,000  had been displaced in the North East.