* Threatens mass protest at expiration of notice
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given the Federal government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) two weeks ultimatum to resolve their differences and return students to classrooms.
The students flayed the extension of a four-week strike earlier declared by the university lecturers, saying by the action, ASUU is the real enemy of Nigerian students.
Regretting that ASUU chose to extend its strike even in the face of relentless appeals from students and notable Nigerians, the students insisted that both warring sides must do everything possible to end the strike or face the wrath of Nigerian students upon expiration of the ultimatum.
The NANS President, Sunday Asefon, and Secretary-General, Adekitan Lukman, in a joint statement on Wednesday, said the association took the decision at it expanded National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on March 15.
The ultimatum to end the strike, the statement said, begins from March 25 to March 28, 2022.
The students equally passed a vote of no confidence on the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, and his counterpart in the Ministry of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, to continue to lead the government negotiation team.
They warned that major roads across the country would be blocked by students in mass street protest on the expiration of the ultimatum if the strike is not called off for students to resume classes.