The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, as its most preferred candidate in the forthcoming 2019 general elections, Igbere TV News can authoritatively report today.
This was as President Muhammadu Buhari played host to the student union leadership on Thursday at the State House, Abuja.
The meeting believed to be at the instance of the President, to deliberate on how to put an end to the ongoing ASUU strike, however turned out to be a mere endorsement party as the NANS President, Comrade Danielson Bamidele Akpan, openly pledged twenty (20) million votes for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections, thereby putting an end to the age-long insinuations that the present NANS executive is an extended arm of the Buhari government.
In a clip obtained by Igbere TV News correspondent on Friday, the NANS President also castigated the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) describing their industrial action as politically motivated.
He said: “…These are some of the issues that the general public are using to assess your government — especially at electioneering period like this. They don’t know exactly the truth, some of us are privileged to know the truth. We know exactly what is happening. We know that ASUU is being economical with the truth. We know, without fear or favour, that they are being hypocritical.”
While calling on the President to intervene on the ongoing ASUU strike, the NANS President assured him of the support of the Nigerian students as he strives towards deepening the change agenda.
“This constituency (NANS) has large population numbering about 80 million. I can assure you today that if this constituency is well utilized, we will pull nothing less than 20 million votes for you,” he said.
The leadership of the Nigerian students used the opportunity (of the visit) to present a birthday card to the President on his 76th year anniversary, while wishing him a peaceful and successful election next month.
The actions of the student union leadership has since generated negative comments on social media.
While many accused them of being hypocritical, others have accused them of romancing with the present administration even while the students they ought to represent have been at home for over six weeks owing to the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by ASUU.
“I can assure you that the present NANS is an arm of the Buhari-led government. How can a landlord whose house is on fire be running after shadows?. The present NANS leadership are out to represent their pockets and not the interest of the Nigerian students, if only they are students of history, they won’t be behaving like this,” a student told Igbere TV News correspondent.
Another student lamented the pains she had been through due to the strike action, and wondered why NANS are busy endorsing candidates even after openly declaring that NANS is non-political.
“I think it is NANS that is being economical with the truth here. How can NANS of all people endorse Buhari and openly castigate ASUU?. It is now visible to the blind that these current NANS leadership are nothing but money-bag politicians. While we are at home for months, NANS are busy parading themselves as students representatives. Who are they representating? Their pockets of course.”
A student who chose to remain anonymous, similarly condemned the actions of NANS, while calling on them to retrace their steps before it is too late.
“NANS should apologize to the Nigerian students and ASUU, they are on their own and not speaking for us. I learnt the President gave them huge sum of money to protest against ASUU instead of his government. Lets wait and see how their proposed Jan. 7 mass action turns out. They should better go and arrange for rented crowds, no genuine student would protest after all these. Again, until we start electing current first degree students as NANS executive, we would never get it right.”
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While calling on the President to intervene on the ongoing ASUU strike, the NANS President assured him of the support of the Nigerian students as he strives towards deepening the change agenda.
“This constituency (NANS) has large population numbering about 80 million. I can assure you today that if this constituency is well utilized, we will pull nothing less than 20 million votes for you,” he said.
The leadership of the Nigerian students used the opportunity (of the visit) to present a birthday card to the President on his 76th year anniversary, while wishing him a peaceful and successful election next month.
The actions of the student union leadership has since generated negative comments on social media.
While many accused them of being hypocritical, others have accused them of romancing with the present administration even while the students they ought to represent have been at home for over six weeks owing to the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by ASUU.
“I can assure you that the present NANS is an arm of the Buhari-led government. How can a landlord whose house is on fire be running after shadows?. The present NANS leadership are out to represent their pockets and not the interest of the Nigerian students, if only they are students of history, they won’t be behaving like this,” a student told Igbere TV News correspondent.
Another student lamented the pains she had been through due to the strike action, and wondered why NANS are busy endorsing candidates even after openly declaring that NANS is non-political.
“I think it is NANS that is being economical with the truth here. How can NANS of all people endorse Buhari and openly castigate ASUU?. It is now visible to the blind that these current NANS leadership are nothing but money-bag politicians. While we are at home for months, NANS are busy parading themselves as students representatives. Who are they representating? Their pockets of course.”
A student who chose to remain anonymous, similarly condemned the actions of NANS, while calling on them to retrace their steps before it is too late.
“NANS should apologize to the Nigerian students and ASUU, they are on their own and not speaking for us. I learnt the President gave them huge sum of money to protest against ASUU instead of his government. Lets wait and see how their proposed Jan. 7 mass action turns out. They should better go and arrange for rented crowds, no genuine student would protest after all these. Again, until we start electing current first degree students as NANS executive, we would never get it right.”
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