The
National
Association
of Nigerian
Students,
NANS, has
threatened
to sue the
Academic
Staff
Union of
Universities, ASUU, to court over the
three-month old strike.
The National President of NANS, Yinka
Gbadebo issued the threat in his address
at the first senate meeting organised by
the union at the University of Port
Harcourt.
Gbadebo accused ASUU of making
outrageous demands from the Federal
Government.
He claimed that ten out of eleven demands
made by ASUU had been met, adding that
the only last demand which had to do with
the issue of earned allowance should not be
the basis to keep students at home.
“They are asking for change. Change must
first start with our lecturers. They are
clamouring for earned allowance, they are
clamouring for responsibility allowance.
Very very soon, we may resort to take laws
into our own hands.
“While on strike, lecturers
are still using government
properties. They are still living in
government accommodations, driving
government cars. If you are fighting
government, go and return all government
properties.
“We are saying, where is the interest of
the Nigerian student captured in all these
demands. In all of the demand of ASUU,
government has fulfilled 10 out of 11. What
more do they want? How long will they
continue to negotiate our future”, he said.
The students leader also alleged that
ASUU had been compromised by the
opposition party stressing that ASUU
members were often seen with members of
the All Progressive Congress, APC, in
Lagos.
Gbadebo, however, vowed to sue ASUU to
court if the strike continued.
“We are going to take ASUU to court. The
issues are very clear. Every right thinking
Nigerian knows that this issue of ASUU
strike has been politicized and that is the
truth. Each time Federal government
finishes meeting with the lecturers, the
next thing you will see is ASUU leaders
meeting with APC leaders in Lagos. What
for? He alleged.
The NANS president finally called on
ASUU to devise another means of
agitating for their demands.

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Some palms have been greased!