The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’s decision to embark on a four-week strike to compel the Nigerian government to accede to its requests.
The union threatened to embark on actions including confrontation to make sure that the strike is suspended and students and lecturers go back to classes.
Following a marathon meeting that lasted through the weekend at the University of Lagos, (UNILAG) Akoka, ASUU declared a four-week warning strike starting from Monday, February 14, 2022, to protest the government’s failure to implement its agreement with the union.
In a report by Premium Times, on Monday, NANS President, Asefon Sunday, lamented that the Nigerian students are always at the receiving end of the skirmishes between the government and ASUU.
Mr Asefon said: “We are not supporting ASUU, we are not supporting the federal government. And whatever we are going to do to make sure we return to class is what we are going to do. And I assure you in the next 24-hours, you are going to see action around this country.
“We are going to use the last “C”, which is confrontation. We are going to use confrontation to make sure that our lecturers are back to school.
“Any moment from now, you will be reading our actions across the nation. The federal government and ASUU are going to see the wrath of Nigerian students.”
The union said the impact of the last nine-month strike suspended in December 2020 by the union is still being felt across universities.
“When two elephants fight, the grass suffers. Nigerian students have always been at the receiving end. We have been the ones suffering,” he said.
