The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have threatened to shut down private universities in the country in what they believe to be an institution for the children of the high and mighty in the society as a way of compelling the federal government to take a more urgent action in resolving the stalemate between government and ASUU.
While addressing gathering of students at a peaceful demonstration in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State on Thursday, Mr. Steven Adara, a student leader in Ekiti State University (EKSU), said that those in government and some prominent Nigerians were not helping in the resolution of the two month old strike as they were always sending their children to private institutions in Nigeria and abroad.
"We will mobilize ourselves and ensure that we disrupt academic activities in most of the private schools, because it is the sons and daughters of te affluence that are in these schools," he said.
Speaking on behalf of Nigerian Students, the Director of Action and Mobilisation, NANS South-west, Mr. Asefon Sunday, pointed out that between 2000 and 2011, the Nigerian government earned about N48.48 trillion from the sale of crude oil alone against N3.10 trillion earned between 1979 and 1999.
"With this tremendous upswing in the revenue at the disposal of the federal government, one would have expected such to translate to commensurate improvement in the quality of Nigeria's public education as well as other social services".
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