The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on the Federal Government to resolve, within working days, the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, strike.
This was
disclosed in a press statement issued by the NANS’s factional President, Umar
Faruk Lawal, at Abuja, on Thursday.
Lawal said
Nigerian students’ patience has been stretched beyond limits, following the
effect of the industrial action by ASUU.
He said,
“Academic Staff Union (ASUU) has been on strike for almost eight months, the
academic calendar cannot be used as a parameter for years of studies anymore,
as students keep suffering from the long-term effect of the strike. The
Nigerian students’ patience has been stretched beyond its elastic limit and
they have resolved to liberate themselves from the recurring effect of the
industrial action by ASUU”.
He said the
association, therefore, demands that Federal Government resolves the trade
dispute with ASUU within a few days, or it would mobilize students to occupy
the Ministry of Education.
“Federal
Government through Ministry of Education should within few working days resolve
the lingering ASUU strike. As we shall mobilize our students towards occupying
the Ministry of Education until our demands are met,” he said.
NANS also asked
the federal government to set visitation panels to address issues of all
politically expelled and rusticated students, as well as increase budgetary
allocation to education.
Recall that
ASUU had embarked on a strike since February following the inability of the
federal government to accede to its demands.
Public
universities have been under lock since then.
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