NANS said this following the remand in prison of a student of Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Aminu Adamu.
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The union spoke as the Federal Government declared the blockage of the expressways as a violation of the laws.
Asefon spoke on a day the Federal Governor through the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, also gave the same hope.
In a press statement on Wednesday, jointly signed by the leadership of NANS and NAUS, South-West zones, that is, the NANS coordinator – SW, Adegboye Olatunji; Deputy Coordinator, Alao John; Public Relations Officer, Awoyinfa Opeoluwa; and NAUS SW Vice President, Adesoji Oladimeji, the students said they had waited long enough for the FG to resolve the crises.
Lawan made the promise to the officials of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) who were led to his office by a concerned Methodist Bishop, Dr. Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha.
This came as the umbrella body of Nigerian students flayed the extension of a four-week strike earlier declared by the university lecturers, saying by the action, ASUU was the real enemy of Nigerian students.
The Chairman of NANS, Ogun Joint Campus Committee, Damilola Simeon, said this on Sunday at a news conferences.
The position of NANS was made known in a statement on Friday by its South West Zone D Coordinator, Adegboye Olatunji.
The South-West Coordinator of NANS, Olatunji Adegboye, made the demand at a news conference in Abeokuta on Tuesday.
The Rector made this known when the national leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students paid him a courtesy visit in Lokoja.
David said the evacuation of the students was necessary in order to prevent the death of indigenes and residents of Abuja in Jos
Owolabi made the disclosure during a Peace/Security Summit, organised by National Association of Nigerian Students in collaboration with the Ogun State Police Command at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka on Wednesday.
The NANS Senate President, Chuks Okafor, said this in Awka, Anambra State on Tuesday
According to the association, the persistent increment in petroleum product prices has brought untold hardship to all Nigerians, especially students of tertiary institutions.
The President of NANS, Sunday Asefon, said this in a statement on Tuesday
The Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, expressed the confidence as the Federal Government and ASUU resumed negotiations in Abuja on Tuesday.
The Governor gave the charge on Tuesday evening when he received the newly elected President, members of the Executive Council and other stakeholders of NANS across the country at the Governor’s Office, Ado Ekiti.
The NANS president spokes on Wednesday on a PUNCH Online interview programme, The Roundtable.
Asefon said at a news conference in Abuja on Monday that the consultation would yield positive result to enable the students to return to the classrooms after prolonged strike in the nation’s universities.
This is part of resolutions reached in a communiqué issued on Wednesday in Enugu after NANS Students’ Leaders Emergency Virtual Meeting held on November 9.