NANS threatens to shut down private varsities if strike persists
The Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), meeting scheduled to hold today has been postponed indefinitely.
This was disclosed yesterday by the President of the Union, Prof. Abiodun Ogunyemi, via its Twitter handle. The Union explained that the meeting was postponed because the time frame given to the union to consult its members is too short.
Meanwhile, the new President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS), Sunday Asefon, has vowed to shut down all private universities in the country should the nine-month strike embarked on by the ASUU members continue.
The NANS president said this while speaking on an on-line interview programme, yesterday. He lamented that the ongoing strike is the most prolonged industrial action embarked on by the university lecturers.
According to him, the Association would engage the Federal Government representatives and ASUU leaders to find a lasting solution to resolve the stalemate in negotiations between the two arms.
He said after consultation with the two parties and should the strike not be called-off as soon as possible, NANS would move in and shut down all tertiary institutions in the country.
