The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Friday, September 6, insisted to go ahead with the planned nationwide protest over the fuel price hike.
The pump price was recently increased to N855, N1,000, and higher per litre, with the prices varying across the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) stations and other locations across the country.
Speaking on Channels TV, Henry Okuomo, NANS’ Senate president, announced that the group would stage a national protest on Sunday, September 15. Okuomo said:
“We are not threatening a strike. That is what we are going to do because of the current situation of the country.
“Nigerians are currently facing a lot. We are facing hardship, and now, the government has increased fuel prices again. This has affected us as students. And as student leaders, we don’t have a choice now but to fight for the people.
“We are occupying one of the largest stakes in the country, having over 40 million Nigerian students in the country.
“We have determined that on the 15th of this month (September), no going back. We are hitting the street hard.”
It will be recalled that a factional group of NANS dismissed speculations about organising a nationwide shutdown of major cities.
NANS clarified that it neither announced nor supported any such protest, calling the allegations baseless.
In a statement released on Tuesday, September 3, the association’s factional senate president, Akinteye Babatunde, emphasised that these claims do not align with the organisation’s stance or intentions.
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