The National Association of Nigerian Students has pledged to scupper Muhammadu Buhari's odds of winning the 2019 presidential race if the President declines to meet the Academic Staff Union of Universities and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union's requests.
NANS’
National Public Relations Officer,
Azeez Adeyemi, said this on
Monday after a peaceful protest by the association in Abeokuta, Ogun State, over the Federal
Government’s alleged refusal to meet
ASUU and COEASU’s demands.
Adeyemi told reporters at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Ogun
State Secretariat, Abeokuta, they would
continue to protest until the Federal
Government resolves its problems with ASUU and COEASU.
He
said, “We won’t continue to serve a government that does not understand the
value of education. If you choose not to yield to the demands of ASUU and
COEASU, we will continue our protest.
“Mr.
President, NANS is giving you this for free that, come 2019, we are going to
show you the road through our votes to Daura
if after today’s nationwide
protest, you still refuse to respect the voice of over 50 million
Nigerian students.
“We
hereby call on the Federal Government to meet
the demands of ASUU and COEASU, because, we have resolved not to go back
on this struggle.”
Adeyemi also
accused the Buhari government of
poor budgeting for the education sector.
He said,
“Our universities, polytechnics, Colleges
of Education’s laboratories are
outdated, no research apparatus, our lecture rooms are dilapidated.”
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