The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has
kicked against the national honour expected to be conferred on Adamu Adamu,
minister of education.
President Muhammadu Buhari listed 437 Nigerians to be
honoured on October 11 — and Adamu was included.
The minister is to be honoured with Commander of the Order
of Niger (CON).
Reacting in a statement on Monday, Giwa Temitope, NANS
spokesperson, said the move “is a clear pointer to the fact that Nigerian
students have been taken for a ride”.
NANS blamed Adamu for the eight-month-long strike by the
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), adding that the Nigerian education
sector has “totally collapsed” under him.
“It constitutes an insult to the collective intelligence of
Nigerian students both home and in the diaspora that the Minister of Education,
Mallam Adamu Adamu under whose nose University students have been home for
close to 8 months is to be awarded the National Honours of Commander of the
Order of Niger (CON),” the statement reads.
“This singular 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.
“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 recognition
of excellence. But, Maj. Gen. Buhari (rtd.) has taken a step further to show to
the mass of Nigerian students that we are not on the priority list of the
administration.
“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 an
underfunded educational sector.
“In a functioning country, both the Minister of Labour,
Chris Ngige who shamefully walked out of a meeting with the national leadership
of ASUU at the instance of the House of Representatives and his Education
counterpart would have been fired before now. But, the reverse is the case as
Adamu Adamu under whose watch the educational sector of the country has totally
collapsed is to be recognised with a National Honours for a job well done.”
The association said it will mobilise students back to the
streets “in protest against the recklessness” of the federal government.
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