In a move to protest the increase in the price of fuel due to the removal of subsidy, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have in a communique threatened to Shut down tertiary institutions in their zone (zone B).
In the communique signed the Zone B Coordinator, Comrade Pedro Obi, the Assistant Secretary General in the zone, Comrade Jennifer Eze, and three others, the students condemned the increase and said it brought about Untold hardships on Nigerians.
The decision to make this threat was made after a meeting held on Tuesday at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT main campus.
They said, “The senate discussed extensively and exhaustively on the state of the economy, particularly the hardship unleashed on Nigerians courtesy of the obnoxious policy occasioned by the astronomical hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS.
“In the past few months, the Federal Government has aided artificial scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), subjecting the Nigerian masses to untold hardship from N86 and N 86.50 to N145.
“This no doubt, is an indictment on the Federal Government, a government that has failed to tell Nigerians the true position of things, a government where senior officials are dishing out counter statements in defence of the fuel price hike, defending the indefensible.
“NANS Zone B sympathizes with Nigerians on this unfortunate and sorry state of the Nigerian economy. NANS Zone B condemns in strong terms the manner in which the administration is managing the fuel crisis and unanimously rejects the conspiracy between the Federal Government and Independent Marketers of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in impoverishing Nigerians”
The communique said that the students wanted a total reversal leaving no room for negotiation and said “The Senate of NANS Zone B will close down all campuses in the eleven States of the Zone starting from Friday 27th May, 2016.”