The National Association of Nigerian Students has announced plans to boycott the 2019 elections over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
The students union disclosed this in a press release tagged ‘Operation no resumption, no Election’ obtained by IMSUGREATS and signed by its President, Comrade Danielson Akpan, adding that the prolonged ASUU strike is a ‘deliberate ploy to disenfranchise our members, especially those who are registered within their school environments.’
The Union said the decision was taken following the prolonged disagreement between the federal government, ASUU and ASUP, adding that the students’ constituency contains the largest percentage of voters.
IMSUGREATS reports that the federal government has been going back and forth with ASUU over agreements and demands in order to call off the prolonged strike which began on Nov. 4th, 2018.
The union, therefore, urged Nigerian students to reject any election conducted in the country as long as ASUU strike continues.
The statement read:s “The leadership of NANS after a careful observation of the continued insensitive shut down of our universities due to the strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and Academic staff union of polytechnics wish to unapologetically declare ‘Operation No Resumption, No Election’
