The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has on monday stormed the Emir of Kano palace to protest the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
Speaking at the Emir’s palace, the students expressed their displeasure with the ongoing rift between the Federal Government and ASUU, lamenting that they are always at the receiving end in their show of force.
Speaking to news men, NANS Vice President, Yazid Tanko said they are neither supporting ASUU nor the FG rather, they should work together to end the ongoing strike.
Tanko said, “We are not supporting ASUU or the Federal Government. But ASUU must reduce their demand to nearest minimum and federal government must ensure that they meet their demand.
“If your children are in foreign countries studying, we are not worried about that, we are not asking for scholarships but please don’t pay our patience with strike
“We are appealing to all parties to call off the strike before we embark on the main protest. We are going to shut down the state, the airport, and the major highways when we call the main protest,” Mr Tanko said.
Addressing the students, Emir Aminu Ado-Bayero said the traditional institutions are playing their own parts to ensure the ongoing strike is suspended.
He said they have already met with the Federal Government and they hope that the matter will be resolved in no distant time.
ASUU last week began a four-week strike to compel the Nigerian government to accede to its requests for more spendings on public universities.
