The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS has decried the situation of Nigeria stating that the country is currently in a state of comatose as her leaders have done “unfathomable damage to the fabrics of our nation” and “headed for doom if nothing is done urgently”.
The National PRO of NANS, Comrade Ezenagu Victor, made the comment while addressing the press in Enugu. He also frowned at the security situation of the country and condemned the incessant attacks on students.
“Obviously, Nigerians and Nigerian students are livid and irate because our joy has been turned to sorrows and our hearts broken by the pain and brutality that our fellow students have suffered in recent times ranging from the abduction of Students of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, #ABU 7, to the abduction of over 20 students of Greenfield University, down to Niger state and several other states.
“Painfully, we live in a nation where students numbering over 200 can be easily kidnapped and taken out of their schools/town without any form of resistance from the security agencies, this calls for serious concern.”
Comrade Ezenagu maintained that it’s hypocritical for Nigeria to be celebrating Democracy when there’s no dividend of democracy and “the government at various levels has shown little or no capacity in confronting the banes of insecurity and our crumbling economy in the nation.”
The apex students’ body in their 4-point-demand asked:
“That the government at all levels rise up to the occasion and secure the lives and property of Nigerians which is their first and most important constitutional duty.
“That the security architecture around our campuses be re-jigged to ensure maximum security for Nigerian Students studying anywhere in Nigeria.
“That the FG as a matter of urgency should convoke a national dialogue to discuss the way forward for the nation.
“That the FG should rescind the suspension of Twitter because it remains one of the most viable platforms where our students connect with their counterparts across the globe.”
NANS also appealed to Nigerian students to show understanding over the suspension of the protest scheduled to hold today, saying they took the hard decision bearing their welfare in mind as there was efforts by political actors to hijack the process.
“To our fellow Nigerian students, we are aware of your displeasures over the suspension of the proposed protest, this was not easy for the leadership to take but we did, for the interest of Nigerian students as we gathered reliable Information of how some political elements with different agenda to ours have concluded plans to hijack the protest to ventilate their political opinions and sentiments.”
