NANS begins consultations to sue Adamu

By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole


The National Association of Nigerian Students on Thursday said it would commence consultations to sue the Federal Government and the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, The PUNCH reports.

The association made this known in a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja. The minister had during a press briefing encouraged students affected by the strike to sue ASUU.

But the NANS President, Sunday Ashefon, said, “Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the Minister of Education Malam Adamu Adamu where he suggested that Nigerian students affected by ASUU strike must sue ASUU for liabilities suffered as a result of the strike.

“Perhaps the only thing Malam Adamu Adamu has gotten right since he became a Minister is the fact that Nigerian students needed to be compensated for their wasted time, opportunities and resources. However, the Minister is clever by half by suggesting ASUU should be held liable for the liabilities. ASUU is neither the proprietor of our tertiary institutions nor the beneficiary of the exorbitant fees we pay across our tertiary institutions in Nigeria. It is an abuse of intellect to suggest that students should sue employees for protesting bad working conditions and not the employer who is the proprietor of our schools and the beneficiary of the exorbitant school fees we pay.

“Since Nigerian students do not think like the Minister, since we can separate what is right from wrong, we will yield the advise of the Minister by exploring legal windows for compensation of our students for numerous liabilities suffered as a result of the incessant and prolonged ASUU strike. While our losses in terms of lost opportunities as a result of time wasted might not be quantifiable, our losses as regards private hostel accommodations payments, research work losses, foreign admission losses, and extra year resulting to miss of NYSC service opportunities are liabilities that can be quantified and liabilities accounted.

“We have therefore decided to take the advise of the Minister and seek legal redress for the liabilities suffered. We will therefore consult with our legal advisers to see what options are available for us to explore legally against the Federal Government, Minister of Education”.

The student body, however, called on ASUU to place the interest of the students above other interests.

“We also call on ASUU to be considerate and put students’ interests into their consideration. ASUU trying to hold the nation into ransom is unpatriotic and self-serving.

“We, therefore, advise state government whose tertiary institutions are on strike should take every reasonable measure to ensure resumption of academic activities as the current strike should never have affected state universities. We will support state government in any measure they deem fit to compel striking state university lecturers to resume work”.

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A welcome development

I don't trust NANS they are so irrelevant

Smart move

Sue the Adamu of a man

Adamumu Adagba


Minister of Education wey be confirmed Adamu

Even though APC is is useless, I believe ASUU is overdoing and they deserve to be sued

The minister should be sued, I believe he'll expose some of the lies behind this unending ASUU strike.




vote Peter Obi for President. A man who knows the value of education not people who have questions about their educational qualifications.

Woro si woro !
Who is smarter now almajiri midget

Na MUMU dae go school.

5yrs +2 yrs ASUU ( ENTER SCHOOL AT 20 FINISH 28YRS)

Nysc 1year

Job application below 27yrs with minimum of second class upper, 8yrs experience For 80k job

NIGERIA

E don set.

Since e be like say na suing season we wan enta, oya na make me ma kukuma go sue my tailor now for not sewing my christmas cloth on time ten years ago.

Adamu heading a vital post

vawulence full this country sha

Next thing we go hear go be "FG sue students for not resuming"

Yes ! Yes !

The Nigerian youths of this generation are not "moi moi" youths.

NANS ... LOL..

It wasn't ASUU's fault that the FG reneged on its agreement with the union & since 2009. In Labor law, terms of collective bargaining are usually upheld. With ASUU, one such is, for no victimisations of the other party.

That said, lecturers have been researching, publishing & learning- with the meagre they are suffered and have been doing so in a bid to come back to class better equipped to impact their students. The victimisation of 'no work, no pay' will not weaken the resolve of ASUU as a union.

To be clear, ASUU will not grant the precedents the FG is asking. The FG reneged on its contract; Did no act, they are sluggish now to take; & act in bad faith by this most recent illegal request to forfeit. In the duration of this strike, lecturers, their dependents have died in no salary. to buy drugs or to get proper healthcare. All of this have strengthened the resolve of the union members.

What they fight for is the soul of this nation. That you get a worthy education. So if ASUU's demand is for a better welfare; you should know that you'd get better value from a lecturer who can meet his daily needs. Granting the request toASUU's demand will not afford its members a luxury life. All is for the students- to have good facilities & dedicated lecturers & reduce the insane brain drain we are suffered.

Now, it was after all means available of getting the FG to act were exhausted, only after that- did the union resort to strike action. The FG heedless actions and non-actions caused the strike and continues to sustain it. This posture is dangerous and will not augur well.

You must understand that whatever compromises FG has made to make ASUU reconsider its strike action, they could have taken such actions months and months ago---- and so now the issue will continue and the resolution will be the FG acceding to ASUU's request rescinding the precedents they demand. How many lecturers or their dependents will have died by then? How many years in the students lives would have been wasted on an ego driven and clueless lots of misadministration?

If this is the price for the soul of our nation, if this is the price to pay- so that our tertiary institutions stop decaying from within- till it reaches its climax and collapse just as you have with education at the secondary level; if this is the price, then woe to the Administration, and as it is to us as a nation to suffer the woe of our leaders; we know the dividend of the struggle shall be worthy fruits.

Nice one

This generation just no get chill.

everywhere dabaru

Don't forget to sue the entire fraud party called APC that scammed us in 2015.

Nigeria is broke and even Buhari is on strike.

If only NANS weren't sleeping, this strike would have been called off long ago.
Good move though to sue the misplaced minister

NANS na scam jare

NANS we will take it one at a time, don't worry, it will reach everybody
First of all we'll Sue ASUU for their inconsideration, for wasting our time, some of us don grow beards for house, talking from experience

Secondly, we will Sue Adamu on behalf of the federal government for incompetence and then lastly we'll sue NANS for neglecting its duty only to come out now to speak on our behalf, who send you message, who..
Who you?

I thank God for making it to front page again on ASUU matter. Shout out to all Nigerian Students.

When the man's name is Adamu(mu) what do you expect?

Blessforever:
A welcome development

welcome indeed, after sueing them what next

No one is really ok in APC. All of them reason the same way. Imagine a whole minister reasoning like a tolder, no wonder economy is in comatose. It shall never be well with all of them.