{"id":99484,"date":"2022-09-20T14:30:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T13:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99484"},"modified":"2022-09-20T14:30:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T13:30:22","slug":"asuu-strike-nans-threatens-national-shutdown-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/asuu-strike-nans-threatens-national-shutdown-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"ASUU strike: NANS threatens national shutdown in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened a mass action to shut down Nigeria\u2019s capital, Abuja over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pointblanknews.com reports NANS is the apex\/umbrella body of all Nigerian students both at home and in the diaspora, which is also the largest student platform in Africa with over 22 million Nigerian students voting populations cut-across campuses.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Nigerian students have taken to the streets to protest the protracted ASUU strike. The students had blocked the ever-busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway and the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos to mount pressure on the government to resolve the seven-month industrial strike by ASUU.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe students\u2019 national body had earlier threatened to ground activities at the local and international airports across the country, beginning Monday due to the strike.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIn a statement, NANS President, Comrade Usman Umar Barambu disclosed that he will personally lead the national shutdown in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHowever, the date for the national shutdown is yet to be disclosed by the students\u2019 association. Indications show that this may, however, happen in October this year, according to the notification schedule for NANS mass action cut across all the zones.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com reports ASUU embarked on the ongoing indefinite strike after an extended strike and a warning strike that started on 14th day of February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will remain resolute in making sure our demands are adhered to. I, Comr. Usman Umar Barambu, the President of NANS will co-ordinate the national shutdown,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened a mass action to shut down Nigeria\u2019s capital, Abuja over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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