Nigerian Students Threaten To Shut Down Abuja

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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has issued a notice of mass actions over the protracted crisis between the Council of Legal Education (CLE) and National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) on the denial of admission of NOUN graduates to Law School.
The union said on Wednesday that it would commence the action in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, from August 27 to 31, by shutting down the city.
According to NANS, “We have decided that enough is enough and shall inevitably shut down the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, against any public activities taking place in the period”, said National Vice President (External affairs) of the association, Mr. Taiwo Bamigbade.
NANS said the crisis had hindered the law graduates of the university from admission into the Nigerian Law School for over five years.
Bamigbade said the protest would begin on Aug. 27 and would be in two phases revealing that the association had earlier written a letter to notify President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday over the crisis.
The student body had issued a three month ultimatum to the Federal Government on May 23 to admit the Law graduates from NOUN into the Nigerian Law school.
The union said “it amounts to fraud, deceit, discrimination and mischief against the Nigerian students and inhumanity to vulnerable citizens, especially the youths to formally admit, graduate and issue them deficient certificates after several years of study despite financial implication”.
NANS Vice President, Bamigbade stated that the phase-1 protest which would be a 5-day mass action will take place in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, while phase 2 will take place on October 1.
‎NANS recalled ‎the judgment of Justice Hilary Oshomah of the Federal High Court, Port-Harcourt, Rivers, on October 4 , 2017, which asked the National Universities Commission (NUC), Council of Legal Education (CLE) and the Federal Ministry of Education to resolve the crisis.
However, the decision of the court did not go down well with the NOUN, Law Graduates Forum, which stated that the court unconsciously renounced its jurisdiction on all academic and students’ matters.

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