NANS Berates Udom Over Sack of 5,000 Teachers, Unpaid Student Bursaries

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By UbongAbasi Ise

The leadership of National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS, has lashed out at Governor Udom Emmanuel over the alleged sack of 5,000 secondary school teachers of Akwa Ibom extraction.
In a press statement released over weekend, NANS President, Danielson Akpan, questioned the wisdom behind the sack of 5,000 teachers that could have boosted educational development in the State.
“Is it not ridiculous that a Governor, who claimed to have sacked 5,000 recruited Secondary School teachers that would have boosted education development of the state due to paucity of funds, can now dole out millions of naira monthly to procure imaginary endorsement from students?,” the statement queries.
The statement further warned Governor Udom Emmanuel not to toy with the sensibility of Akwa Ibom students.
NANS alleged that the governor had in the last two months attempted to procure students endorsement with N100 million through his Special Adviser on Students Matters, Ms Aquila Otobong Akpan.
“It is no more a news that Akwa Ibom State governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel out of desperation, has twice in the last two months attempted to procure students endorsement with almost N100 million through his SA on Student Matters and some cultists.
“These cultists claimed to be students without any notable students’ leader leading any known students’ structure either in Akwa-Ibom State or Nigeria at large.
“The first attempt was during the International Students Day Celebration in November 2018. The event was a flop as over N30 million was given through the SA Student Matters, but it was diverted into private pocket of the official and her cronies.

“Again, on January 10, 2019, about N40 million was doled out by Governor Udom through Aquila Otobong for a solidarity walk, it was diverted leading to disruption of public peace and destruction of properties in the state for several hours before the police command was able to restore normalcy, ‘’ the statement reads.
The student body also alleged that since the governor’s assumption of office, no student of Akwa Ibom origin had received bursary neither had any been granted scholarship.
NANS’s statement stressed that before the administration of Emmanuel, Akwa Ibom indigenous students enjoyed constant bursary payment, regular scholarship and reasonable allowances for Medical and Law students.
It added that under past administrations of the state, all tertiary institutions in the state were well funded, infrastructural development of campuses was a topmost priority and workers’ welfare was paramount.
NANS bemoaned the failure of the incumbent Governor to pay gratuities, imprests, leave grants and pension arrears on grounds of lack of funds.
“It is ungodly for Governor Udom to claim that gratuities, imprests, leave bonuses and pension arrears were jettisoned based on excuses of paucity of funds, can now turn around to spend millions of naira in purchasing the support of these important citizens he brazenly abandoned since assumption of office.’’
The student body further demanded that Governor Udom Emmanuel should tender an unreserved apology to the people of Akwa-Ibom state and Nigerian students for his administrative ineptitude.

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