Recent gains in education sector will pale into insignificant if ASUU strike continues – NANS

…Wants parties to conscionable ASAP

By Adesina Wahab

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has said that caller gains recorded successful the acquisition assemblage by the President Bola Tinubu medication whitethorn beryllium eroded if the ongoing concern enactment by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is not halted.

The association, successful a connection by the National President, Comrade Olushola Oladoja, besides said it has conducted probe into what led to the face-off and urged the parties to conscionable and resoluteness their differences arsenic soon arsenic possible.

The connection is titled “After Two Years of Uninterrupted Academic Calendar: What Went Wrong?”

“For the archetypal clip since Nigeria’s instrumentality to ideology successful 1999, our federation has witnessed 2 afloat world years without disruption—a singular milestone achieved nether the Renewed Hope Administration of President Bola Tinubu. This unprecedented stableness successful the acquisition assemblage has rekindled the optimism of Nigerian students and restored assurance successful our tertiary acquisition system.

“Under President Tinubu’s leadership, respective bold and student-centered policies person been introduced to reposition acquisition and amended the payment of some students and world staff. These include: Establishment of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to guarantee that nary Nigerian pupil is denied acquisition owed to fiscal constraints.

“Removal of tertiary instauration unit unions from the IPPIS platform, thereby resolving long-standing administrative bottlenecks affecting wage and promotion processing.

“Reversal of the 40% IGR remittance policy, granting universities greater fiscal autonomy and flexibility to negociate their internally generated resources.

“Special involution backing done TETFund for monolithic infrastructure upgrades, field perimeter fencing, and improved information crossed tertiary institutions.

“Introduction of escaped method and vocational acquisition with monthly stipends, aimed astatine equipping young Nigerians with employable skills and reducing unemployment.

These monumental strides correspond the genuine committedness of the Tinubu medication to revive acquisition arsenic a pillar of nationalist development.

“However, the caller menace of concern enactment by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has go a root of interest to Nigerian students nationwide. It is regrettable that contempt the immense advancement recorded, this onslaught , a effect of miscommunication and mediocre situation absorption with timely implementation of the resolutions earlier reached with ASUU is  thereby creating avoidable hostility that present threatens the bid and advancement of the acquisition sector.

“Our preliminary probe reveals that ASUU has, indeed, demonstrated commendable patience and understanding, portion the Honourable Ministers of Education and Labour person besides been exerting their champion efforts toward ensuring afloat implementation of the agreements reached. However, but the expected results are achieved, nary party—neither ASUU nor government—will person credit.

“In addition, portion of our autarkic probe into the basal origin of this misunderstanding affirms, from consultations with some parties, that a gathering earlier convened by the Federal Government to cleanable ongoing efforts astatine addressing the grey areas of the solution for implementation was not honoured by ASUU. ASUU, however, faulted the modality successful which the gathering was convened, which they cited arsenic the crushed for not attending.

“Having identified this captious gap, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) hereby enjoin the acrophobic authorities to reconvene this gathering immediately, arsenic we person secured assurances from some parties of their readiness to be erstwhile it is decently reconvened. This, we believe, volition pave the mode for a lasting solution and forestall further escalation of the crisis.

“It is, therefore, successful this tone that NANS appeals to some ASUU and the Federal Government’s dialog squad to find a workable and lasting solution wrong the adjacent 7 (7) days. Nigerian students, galore of whom are present studying done acquisition loans, cannot spend to person their world calendar disrupted oregon their duration connected field extended again.

“We powerfully stress the request for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, to personally ...