NANS plans protest to end ASUU strike

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.”

source: vanguard