The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS)
yesterday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of being
the brain behind the Rivers State crisis.
It described Jonathan’s earlier denial of involvement in
the crisis as false.
NANS said: “President Goodluck Jonathan must stop
distancing himself from the matter because, whether he
likes it or not, he is vicariously involved in it. The direct
involvement of the First Lady in the matter, which she
publicly admitted to when 16 Bishops from the
Southsouth paid her a visit at the Presidential Villa last
week, implies Mr. President’s tacit involvement in it.
Therefore, Mr. President cannot continue to feign
ignorance or indifference in this sensitive matter.”
According to a statement in Abuja by its Acting Senate
President, Comrade John Shima, NANS gave the
President and the Federal Government a 14-day
ultimatum to resolve the crisis.
Failure to heed to the ultimatum, the group said, “NANS
shall be left with no option than to convene its next
Senate Meeting at Port Harcourt, where it shall take a
more decisive position and action on the Rivers State
crisis”. “For the benefit of foresight, the action may
include taking over the city of Abuja and paralysing all
economic, social and political activities in the nation’s
capital.”
NANS demanded that “adequate security is provided for
the Rivers State House of Assembly, so that the
legislators can return to work”. “If that is done, then the
majority will have their way and progress will be made,
which is the true beauty of democracy.
NANS called for “the immediate redeployment of the
Rivers State Commissioner of Police (CP) Mr. Mbu Joseph
Mbu, who from every indication has gone political”.
“Since he has clearly shown that he cannot work
harmoniously with the governor, then the CP should be
redeployed immediately from the state. NANS hereby
declares a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government
of Nigeria and all its relevant organs to resolve the crisis
in Rivers State.”
The statement added: “The National Association of
Nigerian Students (NANS), in keeping up with its
traditional obligations as the bastion of democracy and
vanguard of the oppressed and downtrodden, hereby
condemns in its entirety, the show of ignominy unfolding
in Rivers State, which culminated in the ferocious
disruption of proceedings at the State’s House of
Assembly on Tuesday 9th July, 2013.
“We are, however, not oblivious of the fact that the
festering crisis in the state has its roots in the
acrimonious quest by the First Lady, Dame Patience
Jonathan, to practically dictate to the ‘obstinate’
Executive Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency, Rt.
Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, how he should run certain affairs
in Rivers State.
“Even though President Goodluck Jonathan can also not
be said to be inculpable in the matter, he is also a
member of the PDP and from the neighbouring Bayelsa
State. So, we actually hope that the PDP would use its
internal mechanisms to bring this lingering problem to
end.
“We must bear in mind that the situation in Rivers State
depicts a huge threat to the security of the state and, by
extrapolation, the entire nation. The Executive Governor
of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, has since made
public, his own feelings of insecurity. There were reports
last week of the deployment of policemen to the Rivers
State Government House and the Rivers State Liaison
Office in Abuja respectively, without the knowledge and
approval of the state governor. That action by the police
authorities is highly condemnable.
“Mr. President should not forget that his cardinal
responsibility to the state and its citizens is the provision
of security for human lives and properties. This includes
the lives of state governors and other high-profile
individuals. Governor Amaechi has publicly declared that
he is not comfortable with the Commissioner of Police in
Rivers State, Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu. We wonder why the
Inspector-General of Police is reluctant to redeploy Mr.
Mbu from the state. Mbu clearly gave a clue in an
interview with a national television station that he works
at cross-purposes with Governor Amaechi.
“The President’s thumbprint is firmly embedded in the
ongoing crisis in Rivers State.

Source: thenationonlineng.net/new/nans-accuses-jonathan-of-complicity-in-rivers-crisis/

Useless NANS, since when has NANS bcm a political party, instead of fighting for better and well equiped tertiary institution,reduction in school fees,elimination of cultism,putting an end to ASUU strike etc they are here making irrelevant noise, NANS my foot!

They are talking Rubbish. Lets see what these non-academic students will do after 14 days

How i wish nans were pressuring Jonathan to fulfil ASUU's demands...

Niggas be like this NANS are fools. I thought as much! no wonder we are still at home. long live Nigeria, long live kogi state and long live my father.

sambas: Niggas be like this NANS are fools. I thought as much! no wonder we are still at home. long live Nigeria, long live kogi state and long live my father.

adayii, eté meya da??