By Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
THE National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected the court judgement directing striking university lecturers to return to classrooms.
This is contained in a statement signed by its National spokesperson, Giwa Yisa Temitope, on Wednesday obtained by Stonix News.
The student association said that the “judgement betrays equity.”
“Ordinarily, the Federal Government is not meant to have dragged ASUU to court.
“But, the fact that they had to drag ASUU to court is a signal that this government cannot handle crisis.
“And, we want to state categorically that the court cannot force members of ASUU back to lecture theatres.
“And, as it stands today, with that court judgment, we maintain that the court has not resolved the problem and we reject the judgment in strong terms.
“The court could have said that the Federal Government should go and pay rather than say that lecturers who are on strike should go back to classrooms.
“The only remedy to this strike action is for the Federal Government to accede to the demands of ASUU which the government willingly entered into with them and properly fund education,” the statement read.
Recall that the National Industrial Court, on Wednesday, ordered ASUU to return to the classrooms, citing Trade Dispute Act which mandates workers not to embark on strike once an issue has been referred to the industrial court.
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