Nigerian students are not prepared to jeopardise academic calendars for scheduled demonstrations, according to the National Association of Nigerian Students, or NANS.
At a town hall meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, designed to provide a platform for youths, students, and members of civil society organisations to interact ahead of the scheduled demonstration on August 1, the NANS’ national president, Lucky Emonefe, made this statement.
In cooperation with Mr. Osahon Okunbo, the chairman of the Wells Carlton Hotel and Apartments, NANS called the town hall meeting.
Emonefe encouraged the nation’s youth and students to uphold the law and reject calls for revolt.
He said:
“We are not interested in anything that will obstruct our current academic calendar; we want to continue with our studies because our academic pursuit is very important to us.
“Coming out to demonstrate is not the way to go because it can be hijacked, public peace will be disrupted and properties destroyed.
“In spite of the fact that we did not agree with those calling for demonstrations, we are very hungry, times are hard and there are harsh economic policies.
“We believe that we can engage government positively through dialogue; we are calling on government to look at some of the policies and address them.”
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