The National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS) on Monday passed a
vote of no confidence in the administration of President Goodluck
Jonathan for failing to elevate the educational sector to international
standard.
National President of NANS, Prince Miaphen, in a statement distributed
to reporters, said that the Jonathan administration had failed to
address the lingering ASUU crisis and by so doing caused major setback
to past efforts aimed at revamping the standard of education in the
country.
“It worrisome and infuriating that the administration of
Goodluck Jonathan has failed to implement the 2009 agreement reached
with ASUU. This as a result has caused a great setback in the pursuit of
education by Nigerian students.”
The NANS president said the present administration was toeing the path
of past governments that paid lip services to education and other
sensitive sectors of the Nigerian economy.
He added that President Jonathan’s non-challant attitude had resulted in the current rot in the academic sector.
“NANS therefore pass a vote of no confidence on the administration
of President Goodluck Jonathan for the poor pursuit of qualitative
education among students in Nigeria,”
The student leader lamented that despite the fact that Mr. Jonathan and
the out gone Minister of Education – Prof. Ruqqayatu Rufa’I were both
academics, they failed to proffer lasting solutions to the problems
confronting the educational system.
The statement said the situation in the education sub-sector has
resulted in Nigerian higher institutions producing unemployable
graduates.
“As a result of persistence strike each academic calendar, our
universities and other high institutions churns out half-baked graduates
every year due to incessant strike action, we cannot suffer in silence
while individuals responsible for our travails send their own children
to choice universities school abroad,” he said.
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