Call Off Strike Or Face Confrontation, NANS

Call Off Strike Or Face
Confrontation, NANS
Tells ASUU
By: Matthias Nwogu on October 30,
2013 - 3:16am
Frustrated by over four months of
strike that has kept their future in the
balance leadership of the National
Association of Nigerian Students
[NANSzone ‘B’ has given the members
of the Academic Staff Union
ofUniversities [ASUU] seven days to
call off and return to the class room.
The Union warned that at the
expiration of the seven days
ultimatum they would be left with no
other option than to confront the
striking lecturers.
Speaking with journalists in Umuahia,
the NANS zone B financial secretary
and the leader in Abia state, Comrade
Eluwah Miracle, said that the students
are determined to take their destinies
in their own hands by invoking the
last “C” in NANS system of settling
issues which is confrontation
Eluwah accused the members of ASUU
of being selfish in their demands from
the federal government and politically
motivated adding that student would
no longer watch ASUU destroy
education in the country and
jeopardice the future of millions
Nigerian youths.
He said, “NANS Abia state chapter has
condemned in strong terms the on-
going nation-wide strike embarked
upon by ASUU, which timing is not
only wrong, but also detrimental to
the security and of the country.
Eluwah said that ASUU is claiming that
their demands are genuine, “But their
approach and timing is very wrong,
because the world is nows eeing it as
being politically motivated and if they
say it is not, they should go back to
the classroom, while negotiation
continues with the federal
government”.
He maintained that the federal
government has done well by offering
ASUU the sum of N600 billion in
addition to the N100 billion already
made available this year for the
funding of the universities, “which
ASUU has rejected under the fragile
nature of the country’s economy”.
On the issue that the funds from
federal government has not been
released, Eluwah said, “ASUU is
claiming that the funds have not been
released, why should the money be
released when they have not accepted
the offer by the federal government
and until they accept the money
cannot be released simple”.
He said that there are three Cs in the
student Aluta struggle which include
Consultation, Consideration and finally
Confrontation, adding that they have
made use of the first two Cs and will
not hesitate to use the last one which
is confrontation.