Jonathan Paying More Attention To PDP Crisis Than ASUU Strike – NANS

National Association of Nigerian
Students (NANS) has noted that if
President Goodluck Jonathan gave the
same level of attention he has been giving
to the crisis rocking the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), the strike by
Academic Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU would have been called off since.
The students, who slammed Mr.
Jonathan’s “uncaring attitude towards the
future of Nigerian Students”, expressed
their dismay with the way he is handling
the ASUU Strike and called on him to
personally wade into the matter instead of
leaving it in the hands of the Gov. Gabriel
Suswam-led Needs
assessmentcommittee.
In a statement issued by its National
FinancialSecretary, Comrade Timileyin
Ayenuro, NANS said it is disheartening
that Nigerian Students in public varsities
have been at home for over two months
without the federal government finding a
lasting solution to the strike.
The statement read in part: “It is sad that
ASUU has been on strike for over two
months now without government
acceding to their demands
“The committee set up by Mr. President to
look into the matter has failed woefully,
hence the need for the President to
personally take over from the committee.
“President Goodluck has been having
series of meetings towards resolving PDP
crises but he has no time to attend to
ASUU’s strike.
“If President Goodluck Jonathan gives
maximum attention to ASUU strike as he
is presently doing with PDP crisis, ASUU
would have called off the strike by now.”

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