The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has threatened to sue the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to court over the three-month old strike.
The National President of NANS, Yinka Gbadebo issued the threat in his address at the first senate meeting organised by the union at the University of Port Harcourt.
Gbadebo accused ASUU of making outrageous demands from the Federal Government.
He claimed that ten out of eleven demands made by ASUU had been met, adding that the only last demand which had to do with the issue of earned allowance should not be the basis to keep students at home.
“They are asking for change. Change must first start with our lecturers. They are clamouring for earned allowance, they are clamouring for responsibility allowance. Very very soon, we may resort to take laws into our own hands.
“While on strike, lecturers are still using government properties. They are still living in government accommodations, driving government cars. If you are fighting government, go and return all government properties.
“We are saying, where is the interest of the Nigerian student captured in all these demands. In all of the demand of ASUU, government has fulfilled 10 out of 11. What more do they want? How long will they continue to negotiate our future”, he said.
The students leader also alleged that ASUU had been compromised by the opposition party stressing that ASUU members were often seen with members of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Lagos.
Gbadebo, however, vowed to sue ASUU to court if the strike continued.
“We are going to take ASUU to court. The issues are very clear. Every right thinking Nigerian knows that this issue of ASUU strike has been politicized and that is the truth. Each time Federal government finishes meeting with the lecturers, the next thing you will see is ASUU leaders meeting with APC leaders in Lagos. What for? He alleged.
The NANS president finally called on ASUU to devise another means of agitating for their demands.
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