NANS OPINION ABOUT ASUU STRIKE!!!
NANS lists solution to education woes -
Vanguard NewsBy Ochuko Akuopha
OLEH—
NATIONAL Association of Nigerian Students, NANS,
Zone B, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to meet
the demands of striking university lecturers in the interest
of the students and the overall development of the
country’s education sector.
It also called for the restructuring of Nigeria’s education
sector, lamenting that the recurring strike actions by the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, were impacting
negatively on the country.
The zone, in a statement by its Coordinator, Pedro Obi, said:
“It is very unfortunate that strike actions by lecturers have
become a ritual of sort by every new leadership of ASUU.
“The recurring strike actions call for a moment of sober
reflection, raising questions such as, what are we doing
wrong as a nation with regard to our education? Of course,
you can’t be doing same thing over and over and expect a
different result.
“This is indeed time for us to restructure our education
sector and most importantly the tertiary education.
Demands autonomy
“Our opinion at this point may not be popular, but to us the
Federal Government must hands off our tertiary education,
give total autonomy to the institutions to raise fund for the running of our universities.
“This is surely the only way to bring our universities to be
at par with their counterparts across the globe. Though
there is a caveat to this: before Federal Government adopts
this, it must establish a loan board that will make loans
readily available for students to pursue their academics to
any level.
“In the interim, NANS aligns with ASUU in her struggle and
calls on Federal Government to do the needful, so the strike
can be called off and allow students to return to school, as
most of them are supposed to be writing their
examinations.
“Failure to do this, we will be left with no option but to
mobilise our members to press home our demands.”
Zone B, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to meet
the demands of striking university lecturers in the interest
of the students and the overall development of the
country’s education sector.
It also called for the restructuring of Nigeria’s education
sector, lamenting that the recurring strike actions by the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, were impacting
negatively on the country.
The zone, in a statement by its Coordinator, Pedro Obi, said:
“It is very unfortunate that strike actions by lecturers have
become a ritual of sort by every new leadership of ASUU.
“The recurring strike actions call for a moment of sober
reflection, raising questions such as, what are we doing
wrong as a nation with regard to our education? Of course,
you can’t be doing same thing over and over and expect a
different result.
“This is indeed time for us to restructure our education
sector and most importantly the tertiary education.
Demands autonomy
“Our opinion at this point may not be popular, but to us the
Federal Government must hands off our tertiary education,
give total autonomy to the institutions to raise fund for the running of our universities.
“This is surely the only way to bring our universities to be
at par with their counterparts across the globe. Though
there is a caveat to this: before Federal Government adopts
this, it must establish a loan board that will make loans
readily available for students to pursue their academics to
any level.
“In the interim, NANS aligns with ASUU in her struggle and
calls on Federal Government to do the needful, so the strike
can be called off and allow students to return to school, as
most of them are supposed to be writing their
examinations.
“Failure to do this, we will be left with no option but to
mobilise our members to press home our demands.”
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