ANEEJ, students urge NASS’ intervention in ASUU strike SUNDAY, 04 AUGUST 2013 21:06 FROM ALEMMA-OZIORUVA ALIU, BENIN CITY NEWS - NATIONAL NIGERIAN students and members of the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) have called on the National Assembly to revisit the ongoing industrial dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) with a view to ending it. The call came as the leadership of the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) lauded polytechnic lecturers for returning to the classrooms after over three months of industrial action. A statement Sunday by NAPS National President, Ogbonnaya Sunday, advised government to fulfill the agreements reached with the lecturers. Meanwhile, the students’ groups, after a roundtable meeting held at the ANEEJ Secretariat at the weekend, called on the National Assembly to intervene in the face-off between ASUU and the Federal Government. A communiqué jointly signed by the Executive Director of ANEEJ, David Ugolor, Students’ Union heads of the University of Benin, Osasere Osifo; Ambrose Alli University, Asuenimen Joel; and National President of the National Association of Edo State Students, Festus Otono, urged the National Assembly to revisit the issue and ensure that the strike is called off. Ofofo Tinz Slt Eksu
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