NANS Press Release: Petition against ATBU for alleged exploitation

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS)

Monday, November 27, 2017

ATBU expliot JAMBITE

PRESS RELEAESE:

26th November, 2017

OFFICE OF THE NANS ZONE 'A' COORDINATOR

The attention of the zonal Leadership National Association of Nigerian Students' (NANS Zone A) under the Leadership of Comrade Umar Farouk Lawal, has been drawn to the recent exploitation and corrupt activities of the Vice Chancellor and the management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi.

Recently, the zonal leadership gathered a lot of complain and petitions from UTME/JAMB applicants about current ongoing physical screening in the mentioned university.

Therefore based on the facts and information found available by NANS, it discovered that:

•2000 naira were collected from All the UTME applicants that scores above 180 in the 2017 UTME. which more than 80% were not invited for the physical, it was discover that the personnel responsible for conducting these exercise deliberately truncated the list of the applicants.

• Similarly the same incident happened to the Postgraduate students, they were asked to pay #10,000:00 for a non existing Seminar.

However, the Leadership of NANS Zone 'A' has in strong terms condemned and disagreed with such act of financial exploitation even in the middle of the nation Economy recession.

The zonal leadership condole with the students and management of ATBU over unfortunate incident of a student that hang himself last week. We call on the state security formation to investigate the sad incidence.

The stand of NANS remains firm, which is the welfare and well been of Nigerian students will not be compromised in any way.

Henceforth, NANS Zone 'A' passes a vote of no confidence on the V.C and the management of the university for their poor leadership and lackadaisical manner in handling the financial affairs of the university appropriately.

However, while condemning the leadership of the V.C and the management of the university, NANS also invites anti-graft agencies to probe the Vice Chancellor now otherwise the other way of resolving the conflict would be applied.

INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE ........... ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

ALUTA CONTINUA!
Yours in Struggles,
COMRADE UMAR FARUK LAWAL.
Zonal Cordinator
NANS ZONE A

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