The president of the National Academy of Sciences and Arts said the office of the Minister of Education and Manpower could not work while schools were closed.
In a bid to register student complaints over the ongoing strike by ASUU, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Sunday Isefon threatened to close the Ministry of Education and Manpower.
The Union of University Teachers (ASUU) announced a full-scale strike on Monday, February 14, 2022 to drop their demands on the federal government.
When did the Asuu strike begin?
The strike took place on the fourth day and Nigerian students believe that this is the right time to express their dissatisfaction with the situation.
During a telephone interview with Morning Cross Fire Nigeria Info on Friday, 18 February 2022, Nigerian Student Union President Isefon said that Nigerian students will soon be speaking in a language understood by bullies.
When asked what he meant by speaking in a language the oppressors understood.
He said: “The language the oppressors understand is confrontational and we will deal with them in a way that will shock them.”
When asked what confrontation meant, Isefon said the offices of the education minister and the labor minister could not work while schools were closed.
He said: “Tomorrow at this time, no later than 12 noon, there will be a decision by Nigerian students. It will not only be the decision of the President of NANS, but also the decision of all Nigerian students. We meet and we will make a decision that will be very right for us The regional secretary’s office can’t work, the regional secretary’s office can’t work while our schools are closed. That will never happen.
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“I gave them an example on Monday, I was in the Secretary of State’s office and I closed it for about three hours and I told them when I told the press we were coming back.”
Asefon also said the Nigerian student unrest could no longer be resolved through dialogue, adding that ASUU had struck more than 15 times despite several negotiations with the federal government.
The NANS president also advised ASUU to change its strategy, saying unions should stop negotiating with the government just to launch a new round of industrial action.
