Mass Sack of Teachers: DSS Denies Involvement

The Department of Security Services(DSS),on Tuesday distanced itself from  the ownership of the  Primary and Secondary Schools,  Community Staff Schools, Asokoro,  Abuja, where  100 Teaching Staff, were allegedly sacked on Monday by its Management. 

Reacting to some online publications on the purported sack in Abuja on Tuesday , the Spokesperson of the  Service , Dr Peter Afunanya dismissed claim insisting that ” the school is autonomous and not run by the Service as being alleged”.

According to him  the school, has an “independent Board that takes decisions for it. It has no link with the Service”.

“Though I may not be speaking for the school,  I however  learnt that no single staff was dismissed. I was also told that the school will be cutting short its earlier two week break to resume on Thursday, 3rd November, 2020, that’s all what I say for now

When our Reporter visited the School  on Tuesday  for further investigation, it was discovered that the the School was on a two-week break.

A Staff who identified herself as a senior administrative officer, told our reporter that she was not aware of the sack and that the School would resume from its short break on Wednesday

The online reports had claimed that the Staff were laid off for allegedly joining the Nigeran Union of Teachers,  NUT.