ASUU strike: We shall mobilize our students towards occupying the Ministry of Education until our demands are met – NANS warns FG

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.

Speaking in a press statement, NANS’s factional President, Umar Faruk Lawal, at Abuja, on Thursday stated that students are suffering the long term effect of the strike

He warned the Federal Government to resolve the trade dispute with ASUU within a few days, or it would mobilize students to occupy the Ministry of Education.

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”.

“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.