NANS plans protest to end ASUU strike
LAGOS—National Association of Nigerian
Students, NANS, plans to hold a nation-
wide protest as a last resort to force the
Federal Government and the Academic
Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to end
the protracted strike of university
lecturers.
NANS’ President, Yinka Gbadebo,
responding to allegations that the
students’ body was not bothered by the
60-day-old strike, said the union had
been employing other matured
approaches to appeal to both the
government and ASUU.
According to him, “NANS is not relaxed
but we have decided to take approaches
that don’t require us to make noise. We
have been meeting with executive
members of ASUU, the Nigerian
Universities Commission, Minister of
Education and the FG.
“We have also written to meet with the
universities NEEDS Implementation
Committee chairman and Governor of
Benue State, Mr. Gabriel Suswan. If we
don’t receive any response by the end of
the week, we would issue an ultimatum
and take it up from there.
“I have been consulting with all SUG
leaders in the affected schools so that we
would speak with one voice. Going to the
streets would be our last option but we
would do so to protest how long this
strike has lingered.”
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