Nigeria: NUT Wants 65-Year-Age Retirement for Teachers

28 August 2015

Lokoja — The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Kogi State has advocated 65 years as retirement age for teachers "to enable them give their best in the profession".

State chairman of NUT, Comrade Suleiman Abdullahi, who made the call in Lokoja at a seminar on "restoring lost glory to public schools", noted that best brains in the teaching profession are wasting away due to early retirement from service.

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