The President National Association of Nigerian Students (NAN), Mr. Usman Barambu on Thursday called on the House of Representatives to amend the Student Loans Act, 2023 with a view to allow all Nigerian students who desire loans to have access to the facility. Barambu who gave the charge at the …
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NANS Condemns Proposed Tuition Hike In Varsities, Unity Schools
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has condemned the increase in tuition of higher institutions in the country. The student body said it was most ridiculous and embarrassing that the government would be introducing fees increment without thinking of rescuing over 133 million Nigerian people from multidimensional poverty. In …
Read More »NANS Threatens Protest, Condemns Tuition Hike In Tertiary Institution
National Association of Nigerian Students has condemned the planned increment of school fees by tertiary institutions in the country. In a statement signed by the National PRO, Giwa Temitope and released on Saturday, NANS declared that the government’s action is “insensitive” and “embarrassing”. The association also stressed that the government has …
Read More »NANS Seeks Tight Security At Borders Over Ammunition
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the alleged reckless and unchecked inflow of arms and ammunition into Nigeria through land borders. Comrade Damilola Simeon Kehinde chairman, NANS, Joint Campus Committee, JCC/Ogun Axis and Comrade Ogunrombi Gbemileke National president, Association of Ogun State Students, in a joint …
Read More »TETFund Engages NANS To Monitor Projects On Campuses
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has engaged the officials and members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to monitor its sponsored projects in the over 250 beneficiary institutions across the country. The Fund also decried the challenge of poor accommodation in some higher institutions in Nigeria and …
Read More »NANS Praise JAMB, Seeks Pardon For Mmesoma
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) under the leadership of Prof. Is-haq Oloyede for maintaining the integrity and sanctity of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a statement by the Vice President, External Affairs, Comrade Akinteye Afeez, the students …
Read More »Extend Validity Of UTME Result For 3 Years – NANS To Tinubu
The South-West zone of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on President Bola Tinubu and the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) to extend the validity of the United Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result to three years. Currently valid for one year, NANS argued that a longer validity …
Read More »Students’ loan scheme: NANS Seeks Adequate Funding Of Education Sector
National Association Of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on the Federal Government to ensure adequate funding of education sector. Coordinator of NAN, Zone D, Mr John Alao, made the call at a news conference held at Federal College of Forestry, Jericho Ibadan on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria …
Read More »Student loan: Remove NBA, ASUU From Board – NANS To Tinubu
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has asked President Bola Tinubu to remove the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU from the board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, as proposed by the students’ loan bill signed into law on Monday. The student …
Read More »STUDENT LOAN: NANS Demands ASUU’s Removal From Board
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, on Tuesday, visited President Bola Tinubu over the student loan bill that he signed into law on Monday. The NANS delegation was led by the body’s National President, Umar Barambu. Speaking to State House Correspondents after engagements with the President, …
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