NANS Mobilises Students for Protests Over Fuel Hike

By Rabi Ummi Umar

Amid the ongoing hardship in the country and recent increase in fuel pump price, the National Association of Nigerian students (NANS) has called for a massive shutdown of major cities in Nigeria.

The body called on all Nigerian students to participate in the exercise, while urging the federal government to immediately reverse the price increment and also sack the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari.

NAN made their position known in a statement issued by its Senate President, Okunomo Henry Adewumi, on Wednesday.

“The incessant increase in fuel prices has brought untold hardship to the masses, and we can no longer stand idly by while our future is mortgaged by the actions of a few. We demand an immediate reversal of the fuel price hike and the removal of Mr. Kyari as the NNPC GMD.

“We call on all Nigerian students across the country to wake up to this clarion call, as we will be occupying all major cities on the 15th of September, 2024. We shall not be silenced, and we shall not be intimidated.

“We shall rise in unison to demand a better deal for Nigerian students and the masses,” the statement read in part.