STRIKE: Go back to negotiation, NANS urges ASUU

National Association of Nigerian Students,
NANS, has disapproved of the protracted
industrial action embarked on by
Academic Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU, calling on the lecturers to resume
negotiations with the Federal Government.
Addressing newsmen in Lagos, yesterday,
the apex students’ body in Nigeria averred
that rather than continuing the strike,
ASUU should seek an option ‘B’, which is
“to file a legal suit against government,
return to classrooms and resume
negotiations with government.”
Mr. Yinka Gbadebo, President of NANS
said: “We wish to categorically state here
that it has become imperative for the
government and ASUU to understand the
position of Nigerian students in the tripod
that constitutes the university community,
which is management, teachers and
students.
“Having taken a holistic review of the
details inherent in the agreement as
signed by FG and ASUU, it has become
germane for us to call on ASUU to
reconsider its present adamant stand on
the continued closure of our universities.
“We must, as Nigerians, accept that the
problem with our universities have
developed over decades and would,
therefore, be unimaginable that ASUU
with its present stance want it totally
resolved within the spate of four years
that this agreement was signed.”
Contacted on phone, ASUU President, Dr.
Nasir Faggae, did not respond. When
contacted via text, he declined comments.