Greatest Nigerian students, it is imperative that I convey the hope of full acadermic
resumption in all our university campuses across the country following the latest
agreements reached between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and the
Federal Government of Nigeria.
I must commend the commitment of the FG and the considerations of ASUU which has
yielded to the hopeful resurmption expected after ASUU's reach out to her various
chapters on Friday the 27th November 2020.
Nigerians will recall that the NANS leadership under my watch declared a nationwide
protest scheduled to commence on Tuesday the 24th of November, 2020 following the
expiration of the 14 days ultimatum issued to both parties with other demands over the
lingering Bmonths ASUU strike.
Our demands included:
1. The immediate termination of the ASUU strike and the re-opening of our campuses
2. Two sessions' school fees waiver for Nigerian students to ameliorate covid-19
economic impact on Nigerian students to avert massive drop out of students in line
with most institutions NO SCHOOL FEE NO EXAM POLICY.
3. NYSC age limit reduction for 2018/2019 final year students and
4. Reversal of the new price of PMS amongst others.
We appreciate the FG's decision to shift grounds on numerous issues which has led to
ASUU's considerations to suspend strike, most critically the FG's decision to pay salary
arrears with the old payment method and the subsequent addition of #15bn for the
University revitalization fund.
In as much as we want to register our displeasures, we are also patriotic,
therefore our leadership hereby announces the temporal suspension of
our well planned nationwide mass protest billed to commence on the 24th
November 2020 across the 36 states and the FCT till Friday the 27th
November 2020.
With the ASUU and the FG agreement, ASUU shall have their salaries and
allowances both arrears and present paid, government appointees in
charge of labour and education too shall have non of their emoluments
denied for the period the strike action has lasted.
Who will pay for Nigerian students" time wasted? Who will pay for the
extended house/hostel rent and most painfully who will make up for the
life plan of students distorted by the strike?
We thus, appeal on a strong note to the FG to consider other demands of
ours, so that Nigerian student won't be the losers again as usual.
We shall only return to the street only if our passionate appeals are not
granted because Nigerian students have become wiser.
Dare to struggle, dare to win!
Comr. Chidi llogebe
NANS President.
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