The newly elected President of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Mr Usman Barambu during a news conference on Monday in Abuja, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to enable students return to school.

Barambu noted that the lingering dispute between ASUU and the Federal Government which had lasted for about seven months makes everyone agitated. He further said that the incessant strikes had affected the academic calendar of public owned universities.

Concerned about the students, he further added that the strike action has negatively impacted the future of Nigerian students, as a programme of four years now would last for six years.

Correspondingly, the chairman, Communiqué Drafting Committee, Mr Usman Ayuba urged Buhari to set a membership of capable hands with experience and capacity to contain insecurity in the country.

Ayuba further appealed to the government to proffer workable solutions to address incessant clashes between farmers and herders across the country.

He called on the Ministry of Education to give priority to the sector in terms of budgetary allocation to meet the UNESCO standard and recommendation of setting aside 26 per cent of annual budget to education by developing countries.

The students also warned lecturers involved in the business of sex for marks to desist from such unethical act, emphasizing that students would expose anyone found culpable.

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