ASUU Strike: NANS began mobilizing Students for NLC’s Solidarity Protest

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has begun mobilizing students ahead of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, scheduled solidarity rally on July 26 and 27,2022, over the continuing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

To that aim, the students’ body, which has stated its support for the two-day solidarity action with ASUU, has invited all students around the nation to prepare to participate.

NANS announced this in a statement released by its president, Comrade Sunday Asefon, on Wednesday in Abuja.

Asefon praised the NLC leadership for their perseverance and dedication to joining forces with well-meaning Nigerians to urge for the conclusion of the lengthy ASUU strike.

“While NANS has organised various protests in the past with no substantial results, also our advocacy and consultation has not yielded any desirable result. We have activated political solution and we are very hopeful that an end is in the purview,” he said.

He added:“However, we are in total support of the planned protest by NLC as we believe this will stem up the advocacy and assist in no mean measure to put adequate pressure on the Federal Government to do all that is required to stop the strike.”

“I, therefore, direct all NANS structures across the country to mobilise and join NLC protest.

” NANS will only be involved in the mobilization of students to the protest sites and will act based on the direction provided by the NLC.

” NANS structures across the country shall submit to the leadership of NLC all through the protest,”he further said.