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The National Association of Nigerian Students has said that it will engage the Federal Government over the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, which is at present on strike.
The NANS Vice President (Special Duties), Odiahi Ikhine, made this known at a news conference on Monday in Abuja.
Ikhine said the body was set to engage the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; and Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, over alleged reports that the Federal Government has no money to meet the demands of their lecturers.
He said the students were unhappy with comments credited to the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, that the government had no money to meet the demands of ASUU.
Ikhine said the leadership of the Association would meet with Adamu and Ngige to know exactly what was happening after President Muhammadu Buhari gave a directive that the strike be resolved within two weeks and government officials were coming out to say that there was no money to meet the demands of the union.
He vowed that the students would not relent in their efforts to ensure the right thing is done.
He said: “On the issue of ASUU strike, we as an organisation have been doing our best.
“We have been able to pressure the government and just recently the NLC called for a protest and we joined them.
“As it is, we are not relenting.”
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