Irked by the protracted industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, umbrella body for students in the country, the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Wednesday, condemned the continued strike by university lecturers, calling on them to resume negotiations with the Federal Government to ensure that public universities were reopened without further delay.
At briefing in Lagos, the group averred that rather than continuing the strike, ASUU should seek an “Option B” which is “to file a legal suit against government, return to classrooms and resume negotiations with government.”
Yinka Gbadebo, President of NANS on behalf of the students, said: “For over two months now, Nigerian public universities have remained closed due to an indefinite strike by ASUU on the basis of the disagreement over the implementation of a previous agreement entered into between the union and the Federal government in 2009.
“We wish to categorically state here that it has become imperative for the government and ASUU to understand the significant position of Nigerian students in the tripod that constitutes the university community, which is made up of management, teachers and students…
“Having taken a holistic review of the details inherent in the agreement as signed by FG and ASUU, it has become germane for us to call on ASUU to reconsider its present adamant stand on the continued closure of our universities.
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