ANEEJ, students urge NASS’ intervention in ASUU strike

NIGERIAN students and members of the African
Network for Environment and Economic Justice
(ANEEJ) have called on the National Assembly
to revisit the ongoing industrial dispute
between the Federal Government and the
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
with a view to ending it.
The call came as the leadership of the
National Association of Polytechnic Students
(NAPS) lauded polytechnic lecturers for
returning to the classrooms after over three
months of industrial action. A statement
Sunday by NAPS National President, Ogbonnaya
Sunday, advised government to fulfill the
agreements reached with the lecturers.
Meanwhile, the students’ groups, after a
roundtable meeting held at the ANEEJ
Secretariat at the weekend, called on the
National Assembly to intervene in the face-off
between ASUU and the Federal Government.
A communiqué jointly signed by the Executive
Director of ANEEJ, David Ugolor, Students’
Union heads of the University of Benin,
Osasere Osifo; Ambrose Alli University,
Asuenimen Joel; and National President of the
National Association of Edo State Students,
Festus Otono, urged the National Assembly to
revisit the issue and ensure that the strike is
called off.