{"id":105432,"date":"2023-06-14T09:52:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T08:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=105432"},"modified":"2023-06-14T09:52:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T08:52:14","slug":"student-loan-nans-demands-asuus-removal-from-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/student-loan-nans-demands-asuus-removal-from-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Student loan: NANS demands ASUU\u2019s removal from board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, on Tuesday, visited President Bola Tinubu over the student loan bill that he signed into law on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The NANS delegation was led by the body\u2019s National President, Umar Barambu.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to State House Correspondents after engagements with the President, Barambu revealed that they urged him to review the constitution of the special committee that will oversee the new Nigerian Education Loan Fund to include student representatives.<\/p>\n<p>The NANS President said: \u201cWe thank the President for the Students Loan Bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have outlined the clauses that we are not too comfortable with. And part of them is the issue of that board that we mentioned to the President, which we said at least students\u2019 representatives should be captured and there are some organisations that they put there, which to us, they don\u2019t need to be there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe gave him an example, most especially the Nigerian Bar Association, ASUU. ASUU has its own microfinance bank running their own affairs without students on their board. So, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s wise for us to allow them to be inside our own board because it is purely students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are the major stakeholders of that bank. So I don\u2019t think allowing them to be there is good. Not only them, we mentioned a lot of people that they should remove and put more of student-oriented organisation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, the President promised to consider the requests of the NANS leaders but urged the students\u2019 body to ensure unity among its members across the country to achieve more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to promote unity and stability among each other. You have to employ democratic means in your programmes and elections. I have to say anyone who is unable to accept and celebrate a free and fair election, does not deserve the joy of victory,\u201d Tinubu said.<\/p>\n<p>The President stressed that poverty should not prevent any Nigerian from obtaining quality education at the highest levels.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, he pledged that his administration would commit more resources to the education sector to ensure that every Nigerian child, regardless of their background, has access to quality education.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cPoverty should not prevent anybody, any child, including the daughter or son of a wood seller, \u2018boli\u2019 (plantain) seller or yam seller from attaining their highest standard of education, to eliminate poverty,\u201d Tinubu said when he received the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students at the State House, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we all believe that education is the greatest weapon against poverty, then we have to invest in it. If you eliminate poverty from one family, you can carry the rest of the weight,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked the students for supporting the removal of subsidy on petrol, explaining the reasons behind the decision and the need to curb smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad you understand the reason for the subsidy removal. We were at a point where Nigeria tried to draw water from a dry well and that is no longer acceptable and we equally must not continue to service the smugglers because they used to take our tankers and Premium Motor Spirit across the borders. 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