The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has appealed to ASUU to reconsider its planned strike over delayed June salaries, warning it would disrupt the stable academic calendar.
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its planned nationwide strike over the delay in June salary payments.
In a statement released Tuesday in Abeokuta, NANS Vice President for Inter-Campus and Gender Affairs, Akinbodunse Sileola Felicia, warned that such action would destabilize the academic stability achieved over the past two years.
ASUU had on Monday directed its members to withdraw services, enforcing a resolution mandating strike action if salaries are delayed beyond three days. ASUU branches at the University of Abuja and University of Jos have already complied.
Akinbodunse urged ASUU to engage the Federal Government constructively, stressing that students and parents bear the brunt of disruptions.
She noted that under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, academic activities have largely remained uninterrupted.
She also called on the government to promptly resolve salary issues, saying, “Dialogue, not disruption, should be the path forward.”