We’ll shutdown the country if strike is not called off, NANS tells FG, ASUU
By Charly Agwam - Bauchi
The Students Union Government (SUG) President of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) has said that the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) will shut down the country if the strike embarked on by Academic Staff Union of universities (ASUU) continues.
The ATBU SUG president, Comrade Usman Abubakar was speaking at a press conference organized by NorthEast zone of NANS in Bauchi on Friday.
He lamented that the strike would deny students who are close to the age of 30 from experiencing NYSC because of the law that bars graduates who are over 30 years from participating in the scheme.
"The federal government and ASUU are clearly not thinking about how this strike will have direct impact of the lives of students. Most pe...