The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said no political party will converge in Abuja to conduct any presidential primaries.
This is coming after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday scheduled its May Convention to take place in Abuja which will culminate to the selection of its presidential candidate as well as the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Reacting to this, NANS in its statement, told the political parties to either end the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) since February 14, 2022, or forget about holding any presidential primary in the nation’s capital.
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 100million naira presidential form while students languish at home because of their collective failures.
“Politicians have shown no concern to the plight of the students but are only busy in 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 who 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 operative 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, 2022, at the expiration of its four-week warning strike which it declared on Monday, February 14, 2022 extended the industrial action by two months.
