By Kwin Israel, The Sight News
The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Umar Faruk Lawal, has urged the federal Government through the Ministry of Education to within seven working days resolve the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
This is as the Association noted that failure to do so, it shall mobilize its students towards occupying the Ministry of Education until their demands are met.
Speaking during a World Press Conference on Thursday, the NANS National President, while reeling out the Association’s demand, also charged the federal Government to set visitation panels to address issues of all politically expelled and rusticated students.
Comrade Lawal also said that stakeholders of the education sector should be engaged in ensuring education is given the desired attention by increment of budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Education, in order to meet up with UNESCO recommendation.
Comrade Lawal said the Nigerian Student’s 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.
“Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been on strike for almost 8 months, and 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 Student’s patience has been stretched beyond its elastic limit and have resolved to liberate themselves from the recurring effect of the industrial action by ASUU”, he said.
Speaking on the agenda of NANS, the National President said it is to return the organization to the campus which has always been the original operational base for NANS.
Other agenda includes; to reintroduce Academic Reforms (ACAREF) struggle in honour of Late Moses Oisakede to generate discourse for educational development in Nigeria and to develop a framework for lasting peace on campuses.
