Students Protest Fuel Price Hike

Students under the auspices of National Association of Nigerian Students in Plateau State, yesterday staged a peaceful protest to express their displeasure on the increase in the pump price of premium motor spirit.

According to the students, the sudden increase has brought untold hardship on the students resulting in high prices of commodities including books and other study materials at various schools.

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Student Union leaders, zonal executive officers were all part of the rally under security personnel supervision. Ochai

Ochai Odoh Thomas, the Senate President, National Association of Nigerian Students, who led other students’ leaders in the protest accused the federal government of betraying the trust of all Nigerian students by the sudden increase in the pump price.

Also, the President of the Student Union Government of Plateau State Polytechnic, Pius Tongman, criticised the federal government decision for not considering the plight of the students across the nation.

It will be recalled that the government on recently announced an increase in petrol pump price from N87 to N145 per litre in an effort to stabilise the price of the product.

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NEWS: Open Letter to Kogi State Gov. Concerning the Ongoing Strike – NANS | @AIT_Online X @Channelstv

NANS OPEN LETTER TO KOGI STATE GOVERNMENT ON THE 1 MONTH OLD STRIKE AFFECTING KOGI STATE UNIVERSIT STUDENTS

Your Excellency Sir, Captain Idris Ichalla Wada, the Executive Governor of Kogi State,

The entire students of Kogi State University have been pushed home since early March due to the internal ongoing ASUU strike which till now you have not resolved.

We are bittered because the students who were affected in last year’s strike which lasted for over eight (8)months are now facing a double trouble by staying home for over a month plus now.

The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students NANS (Kogi axis) and the institution’s (SUG) respectively have waited for the response of the State Government under your leadership to meet a suitable negotiation with the striking lecturers under (ASUU Kogi State University chapter) but all proved futile.

At this stage, we the student’s leaders are appealing to your Excellency, Governor Idris Wada and his entire cabinet to solve this problem, because With the actions of the State Government, it can be said that they don’t have the interest of education and students at heart.

But we students won’t let our future be trampled on, We thereby give the State Government seven (7)days ultimatum to meet our demands (resolve and call off the strike). And in failure to meet and resolve the strike, we will troop out in our thousands and will massively fill the streets of Lokoja till our problem is solved.

Your Excellency, It’s our prayer that your administration should not witness such but your actions and inaction is a threat to our future.
We will remain calm and law abiding as we await your leadership role in saving our future.

Aluta Continua.
Long live NANS!
Long live Kogi State!!
Long live Federal Republic of Nigeria!!!.

Signed by: Director of Media and Publicity NANS/JCC KOGI AXIS

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