The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has protested President Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (ret.) decision to award Mallam Adamu Adamu, the minister of education, with the National Honors Award.
The National Association of Nigerian Students responded on Monday with a statement from its National Public Relations Officer, Giwa Temitope, calling it an insult to the collective intelligence of Nigerian students, who had been prevented from attending class for nearly eight months as a result of the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ ongoing strike, which Adamu had been unable to end.
The National Association of Nigerian Students said: “It constitutes an insult to the collective intelligence of Nigerian students both at home and in the diaspora that the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, under whose nose university students have been home for close to eight months, is to be awarded the National Honours of Commander of the Order of Niger.
“This act of the Buhari’s administration is a clear pointer to the fact that Nigerian students have been taken for a ride. And, we see this as the final straw that breaks the back of the camel of Buhari’s much touted integrity.”
National Association of Nigerian Students continues: “Over the years, successive administrations in the country have shown to the Nigerian people that the National Honours is more of recognition of patronage than a recognition of excellence.” But Buhari has taken a step further to show the mass of Nigerian students that we are not on the priority list of the administration.
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“It is so unfortunate that a country which offered so much in hope and possibilities at independence has today become a land of suffering, insecurity and near hopelessness signposted by youth unemployment and underfunded educational sector.”
“As an association, we reiterate that we pass a vote of no confidence in both Adamu and Ngige. And, we maintain that we shall be back to the streets in protest against the recklessness of this administration until the Federal Government settles every issue with ASUU for Nigerian students to return to classes,” said the National Association of Nigerian Students.
According to National Association of Nigerian Students, Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment, and his counterpart in education would have been sacked long ago had they not “shamefully walked out” of a meeting with the national leadership of ASUU at the request of the House of Representatives. But the opposite is true, as Adamu—under whose watch the nation’s educational system completely collapsed—is to be honoured for a job “well done.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has allegedly released a list of people for national honours in 2022 whic the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu was inclusive.
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