NANS Urges Tinubu To Include Students In Students Loan Board

Nigerian students have demanded the revision of the constitution of the special committee that will oversee the new Nigerian Education Loan Fund.

They are asking that their representatives be included in the committee, while also demanding that both the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) should be removed.

The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, revealed this on Tuesday, after they visited President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday.

The NANS’ National President, Umar Barambu led the delegation on the visit to the president.

Barambu told State House correspondents that they urged the President to include student representatives in the committee

“We thank the President for the Students Loan Bill.

“We have outlined the clauses that we are not too comfortable with. And part of them is the issue of that board that we mentioned to the President, which we said at least students’ representatives should be captured and there are some organisations that they put there, which to us, they don’t need to be there.

“We gave him an example, most especially the Nigerian Bar Association, ASUU. ASUU has its own microfinance bank running their own affairs without students on their board. So, I don’t think it’s wise for us to allow them to be inside our own board because it is purely students.

“We are the major stakeholders of that bank. So I don’t think allowing them to be there is good. Not only them, we mentioned a lot of people that they should remove and put more of student-oriented organisation.”

President Tinubu responded by promising to consider their requests but told the students’ body to ensure unity among its members across the country to achieve more.