The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has constituted a committee made up of elder statesmen in the country to help provide permanent resolutions to the federal government and Academic Staff Unions crisis in Nigeria.
In a statement, Danielson Akpan, president of NANS, said the committee’s resolution will bring about new dawn in the educational sector.
He said, “History has it that Nigeria education system was good such that other countries sent their nationals to acquire tertiary education in Nigeria. Until the inglorious days set in beginning in the year 1988 when the academic staff unions of universities started what is today known as the ASUU strike.
“It is no longer news to Nigerians that not only has ASUU strike affected the standard of education in Nigeria but that other academic staff unions have followed suit, e.g Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU).
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“Consequently, we began consultations to seek the support of elder statesmen and eminent Nigerians to interface with ASUU, ASUP, COEASU, other unions, stakeholders and the federal government to bring a permanent solution to the incessant academic strike actions which has damaged our educational sector and made us a subject of ridicule in the comity of nations.”
Named in the committee are Adeyeye Ogunwusi II, ooni of Ife; Sanusi Sanusi II, emir of Kano; Nnaemeka Achebe I, obi of Onitsha, Victor Olateru – Olagbegi III, olowo of Owo.
Others are Edwin Clark, elder statesman, Tanko Yakassai, Afe Babalola, Innocent Chukwuma, Folorunso Alakija, Suleiman Bala Mohammed, vice-chancellor, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Rukayat Mohammed, a former minister of Education, Femi Falana and Kayode Ajulo.
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Bamidele said the association is of the belief that the selected elder statesmen have all the requisite and will be patriotic enough in the discharging of this ‘life time task”.
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