Last updated on October 13th, 2023 at 09:41 am
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has criticised the Federal Government for the ongoing seven-month-long strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
NANS said the strike has endangered the fundamental human right of Nigerian students, with regard to access to education.
Comrade Olusesi Tolulope Samson, Lagos NANS chairman, disclosed this on Arise TV morning show on Tuesday while fielding questions on the students’ protest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Monday.
He said that the strike has affected the future of their members, noting that some male students have become mechanics; some learning printing works; while some female students have got pregnant.
“The Federal Government has jeopardised and bastardised the fundamental human right of the Nigerian students. Some came to the protest yesterday with their ID cards, learning mechanics now. Some are learning printing works, while some female students are pregnant,” he said.
He noted that the protest staged at the airport was to alert the international community that something has been going wrong in Nigeria concerning education.
The student leader said their demand was for the universities to be reopened, adding that the students have been keeping their fingers crossed on what would be the outcome of a proposed meeting between the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the leadership of ASUU.
NANS threatens protest in southwest, calls for release of Aisha Buhari’s critic
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South-West zone, has threatened to embark on a peaceful protest if the detained student, Aminu Adamu Mohammed is not released.
In a statement jointly signed by the zonal coordinator of NANS South-West Zone D, Adegboye Emmanuel Olatunji and the Chairman of NANS in Ogun State, Simeon Damilola Kehinde, the students threatened to block major roads across the South-West in protest if Mrs Aisha Buhari, fails to order the release of Mohammed.
Daily post reports that Mohammed, a 500-level student of Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, had been charged to court and remanded at Suleja Correctional centre, Niger State, for tweeting that the first lady was feeding fat on poor people’s money.
The body while condemning the continuous detention of Aminu, described the act as a violation of his fundamental human rights, adding that the alleged brutality, harassment and humiliation of Mohammed by the police, who are said to have acted on the order of the first lady was an abuse of power.
The statement called for the unconditional release of Mohammed within the next 24 hours failure of which the first lady will incur the wrath of Nigerian students from the South-West region, adding that it would mobilise the entire student community in the South-West for a massive protest if Mohammed is not released in the next 24 hours.
