The National Association of Nigerian Students on Sunday declared that no political party will hold a convention to select any presidential candidate in Abuja.
Quest Times understands that this is coming after weeks of sitting at home by Nigerian students, following the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
NANS President, Sunday Asefon, made this known in a statement on Sunday.
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In the statement titled, ‘End ASUU Strike or Forget Political Activities In Abuja’, the NANS president said;
“We have also in the past weeks seen those saddled with great responsibility in the education sector and those saddled with responsibilities of resolving labour crises declaring interest to contest for the seat of the President come 2023.
“We are surprised by their effrontery and total disrespect to the Nigerian people for having the courage to even mute the idea of contesting talkless of picking up the 100 million Naira presidential form while students languish at home because of their collective failures.
“Politicians have shown no concern for the plight of the students but are only busy with their selfish and inordinate ambitions to become the next President.
“Let me say without mincing words, the two major political parties should forget any political gathering in Abuja or elsewhere except there is a solution to the lingering ASUU strike.
“We will frustrate all the activities leading to the selection of party candidates if we remain on strike. We also want to advise the government and the politicians who are busy campaigning to be President to either resolve the ASUU crises or give direct orders to the security operatives to shoot us at the site during party conventions to select a presidential candidate. If we remain on strike, they should just forget it.”
ASUU, on March 14, at the expiration of its four-week warning strike which it declared on Monday, February 14, had extended the industrial action by two months.
