ASUU/FG face-off: NANS plans mass protests
By HASSAN MUSA
K/MATA

THE National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has given the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), up to June 30 to resolve their differences or face mass protests.
The association, in a statement signed by its president, Comrade Baballe Bashir, a copy of which was made available to Sunday Triumph, however, called on Nigerian students to remain calm and be law-abiding until they hear from NANS national secretariat.
It noted that the current industrial action by ASUU has raised tension in the academic community and the society in general.
The statement further explained that the face-off between ASUU and the federal government is a stumbling block to the realisation of Vision 2020, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the government’s 7-Point Agenda.
NANS therefore condemned in totality, the manner in which the federal government is handling the ASUU matter which led to the industrial action.
It then called the government to fulfil its obligation of proper funding of education, academic freedom, university autonomy and other demands by ASUU.