Information on the above-mentioned topic is scarce among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

According to the 24 August 1996 AP Worldstream attachment, three unions, including the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), were banned and their assets seized by the military government. All three unions have been striking to protest a "variety of ills in the education system that they blame on government mismanagement and neglect" (ibid.).

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

AP Worldstream. 24 August 1996. Gilbert Da Costa. "Nigerian Regime Outlaws Teachers Union." (NEXIS)

Africa Confidential [London]. 1996.

Africa Research Bulletin [London]. 1996.

DIRB Indexed Media Review [Ottawa]. 1996.

DIRB Nigeria Country Files. 1996.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports. 1996.

Jeune Afrique [Paris]. 1996.

News from Africa Watch [New York]. 1996.

West Africa [London]. 1996.

On-line search of media sources.