The National Association of Nigerian Students NANS, has called for collective engagement, commitment and synergy to end the scourge of school invasions.
The President of NANS, Comrade Sunday Asefon, made the call in Abuja during the National inauguration of the newly elected officials of the association.
According to Asefon, “the nation has unfortunately witnessed the bullying, kidnapping, sometimes killing of school kids both males and females from the once sacred place,”The School”. This calls for collective engagement, efforts, commitment and synergy to end this scourge of school invasions.
“This ridiculous trend must not be allowed to continue”he said.
Comrade Asefon also called on stakeholders to fight systemic oppressions, that according to him are becoming a norm within educational Institutions.
“we must fight systemic oppressions that are becoming a norm within our system and Institutions, we must acknowledge the right of people to hold minority opinions without using instrumentality of power” he added
The NANS President further called on the federal government to pay special attention to public tertiary institutions in Nigeria saying the decay in public institutions calls for serious concern.
“The nation must pay special attention to public tertiary institutions in Nigeria. We must ensure that our public institutions can compete comparably with their private counterparts and provide the same graduates.”
He added that the Nigerian government must build an egalitarian society where policies can be debated, disagreed with and fought in peaceful manner.
Emmanuel Ukoh
