The National Association of Nigerian Students
(NANS) has called on the Federal Government to look into the plight of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to avert the indefinite strike.
National President, NANS, Mr. Chinonso Obasi, made the call in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday.
”It is with deep pain and regret that NANS
received the news of another indefinite strike by ASUU over the Federal
Government’s indifference to their plight.
“Nigerian students sees the breakdown in negotiations as a
further proof that political leaders don’t care about their future.
” Consequently, we wish to call on the Federal Government to do
all it can to get ASUU back to the classrooms.
“The demands of ASUU are reasonable and touch on the integrity
of government, especially in the light of the fight against corruption,” he
said.
According to him, NANS finds it hard to believe that past
governments would fail to honour agreements with members of ASUU for more than
seven years.
Obasi, however, said the association has given the Federal
Government 21 days to resolve outstanding issues with ASUU in the interest of
longsuffering Nigerian students.
He explained that the students would be forced to bear the brunt
of the break down in the negotiation between the union and the government.
He added that NANS would be meeting in the coming week with
leaders of ASUU to find out their irreducible minimum in their demands.
He however
threatened that if by the expiration of 21days ultimatum, the
issue was not resolved, Nigerian students would be forced to ground activities
in the country.
ASUU on Monday officially announced the commencement of its
nationwide industrial actions at a news conference held in Abuja.(NAN)
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