The
National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has threatened to sue
the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to court over the
three-month old strike.
The National President of NANS, Yinka Gbadebo issued the threat in
his address at the first senate meeting organised by the union at the
University of Port Harcourt.
Gbadebo accused ASUU of making outrageous demands from the Federal Government.
He claimed that ten out of eleven demands made by ASUU had been met,
adding that the only last demand which had to do with the issue of
earned allowance should not be the basis to keep students at home.
“They are asking for change. Change must first start with our
lecturers. They are clamouring for earned allowance, they are clamouring
for responsibility allowance. Very very soon, we may resort to take
laws into our own hands.
“While on strike, lecturers are still using government properties.
They are still living in government accommodations, driving government
cars. If you are fighting government, go and return all government
properties.
“We are saying, where is the interest of the Nigerian student
captured in all these demands. In all of the demand of ASUU, government
has fulfilled 10 out of 11. What more do they want? How long will they
continue to negotiate our future”, he said.
The students leader also alleged that ASUU had been compromised by
the opposition party stressing that ASUU members were often seen with
members of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Lagos.
Gbadebo, however, vowed to sue ASUU to court if the strike continued.
“We are going to take ASUU to court. The issues are very clear. Every
right thinking Nigerian knows that this issue of ASUU strike has been
politicized and that is the truth. Each time Federal government finishes
meeting with the lecturers, the next thing you will see is ASUU leaders
meeting with APC leaders in Lagos. What for? He alleged.
The NANS president finally called on ASUU to devise another means of agitating for their demands.
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