By Innocent Anaba

National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has given the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, a 14-day ultimatum to recall the 13 vice chancellors sacked by the Federal Government in February.

National President of NANS, Mr. Tijani Shehu, in a letter to the minister, explained that the ultimatum became necessary following the failure of the minister to take advantage of the window of opportunities provided by Nigerian students to resolve the issue amicably.

The students described the refusal of the minister to reinstate the sacked V-Cs, as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari, as “an attempt to politicise our universities and arrest academic progress and we vow to stiffly resist this.”

The students stated that having exhaustively appealed to the minister’s conscience and rational reasoning on the matter without any meaningful outcome, “you (minister) will at this point heed our call for the reinstatement of the hitherto sacked 13 vice chancellors within 14 days of this notice or face the full wrath of Nigerian students.”

NANS warned that if its demand was not met, it would be interpreted as an “invitation for the Nigerian students to occupy your office and demand your immediate resignation.”