By; AMOS TAUNA, Kaduna
The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) Zone ‘A’, has called on the federal government to make available and hasten the provision of CNG buses to tertiary institutions to ease transportation challenges faced by students in the country.
The students also called on the federal government to expedite the process of opening more CNG conversion service stations in the country.
On arbitrary increase in school fees, the association expressed deep concern over the, “abrupt and exponential” increase in school fees across tertiary institutions in the country under the new academic calendar, saying that the worrisome development requires urgent attention from all well-meaning Nigerians and stakeholders in the education sector.
A communique jointly issued on Tuesday by Dominic Philip, Umar Suleiman Doko and Ahmed Bashir Magaji after three days meeting in Kaduna, said, “National Education Loan Fund: While commending the Federal Government on the
establishment of the National Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) popularly known as students loan, Congress highlighted the widespread need for accessible funding. It cautioned against institutions using rising utility and service costs as a pretext for increasing fees.
Executive members were elected for the 2024/2025 for NANS Zone ‘A’ as Said Garba Sadi (Bayero University Kano)- Coordinator, Ibrahim Adamu Dikko (Kebbi University of Science and Technology, Alero)-deputy Coordinator, Ibrahim Sahabi Abubakar (ZACAS)
-Inter Campus Affairs) deputy Coordinator, Bashir Mohammed Ibrahim (Kaduna State University)- Secretary General, Abdulkarim Kabir Sarkin Kuka (Federal University Dutsin-ma)- Assistant Secretary General,
Mohammed Abdullah I (Bayero University Kano)- Financial Secretary and Maryam Muhammed Usman (HUK Poly)-Treasurer.
Others are Firdausi Hamza (Informatics Kazaure)-Director of Gender, Gazali Moh’d Gadanya (Kano Poly)-Director of Sports,
Abubakar Aliyu Wamako (Sokoto State University) – P.R.O, Al-Amin Salisu (ABU Zaria)- Director of Travels and Exchange,
Habibullahi Bello (College of Education Maru)- Director Special Duties and Sadiq Abdullahi Maikano (Bilyaminu Usman Polytechnic, Hadeja)- Ex-Officio.
