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ASUU STRIKE: NANS Announces Protest

Following the expiration of its twelve-day ultimatum issued to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end its ongoing strike, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has directed all its members to commence the immediate mobilisation of students for a protest.

This was made known in a statement signed by the NANS President, Sunday Asefon, and Secretary-General, Adekitan Lukman dated 25th March 2022 titled: “Urgent notice of immediate commencement of mobilisation.”

The statement read: “Sequel to our Ultimatum issued to the federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to find a lasting solution to their face-off for our universities to reopen on or before 28th of March, 2022.

“With no hope in sight for resumption of academic activities on our campuses, you are by this notice directed to commence immediately mass mobilisation of students to resume their academic activities in the newly created University in Abuja.”

The body directed the students to resume with their cooking utensils, mosquito net and other needed materials, adding that the protest may last longer than expected. 

In the same vein, NANS announced the Coordinator of NANS, Zone C, Comrade Abah Owoicho Abah as the coordinator of the mass occupational protest.

NANS had earlier given the Federal government and ASUU a two-week deadline to resolve their differences and return students to campuses and lamented that ASUU chose to extend its strike even after several appeals from Nigerian students and well-meaning Nigerians.

Recall that ASUU had on Monday 14th of March extended its one-month warning strike by two months over a failed agreement between the Union and government.

ASUU embarked on the four-week warning strike to make sure its demands, which included renegotiation of the ASUU/FG 2009 agreement and the sustainability of the university autonomy by deploying UTAS to replace the government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system (IPPIS), are met.

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