THE National Association of Nigerian Students has said it has made some remarkable advancement in its determination to align with anti-graft agencies in the fight against official corruption in the country, especially in the nation’s higher institutions.
NANS President, Comrade Chinonso Obasi, who made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja said after mobilizing state chapters throughout the country, NANS has been able to identify multi-million naira assets of some Vice Chancellors, including those acquired through proxies, family members and siblings.
Recall that on January 22, 2017 Obasi, addressed news conference where he made known resolution of the students to take advantage of the whistle-blowing window provided by the Federal Government to join in the fight against the cancer of corruption.
He said: “We are sure that the agencies of the Federal Government would on proper handling; net billions of naira in assets and proxy investments. It is baffling that administrators of higher institutions of learning should descend so low in primitive acquisition and unbridled corruption.
“By the time these leads are successfully pursued and suspects prosecuted, Nigerians must have got a clue as to why the appointment of heads of tertiary institutions has become a do-or-die affair, entailing bribery, intimidation and other desperate approaches'” he said.
Obasi said: On a crucial note, we must not fail to inform Nigerians that our modest efforts did not come easy. Our field operatives and colleagues, especially the NANS President and his executive have come under constant threats and assassination attempts.
“We will not back down or back out until our academic institutions become the Ivory Towers they are meant to be.
“While we have lodged necessary reports with the appropriate quarters, we wish to assure the corrupt elements threatening us that we shall not abandon our chosen course to expose their corrupt tendencies and evil machinations against the future of Nigerian youths.
“We are putting final touches to our grand plan to mobilize millions of Nigerian students in a march against corruption in tertiary institutions, during which we hope to demand from President Muhammadu Buhari, the Field marshal of the anti-corruption armada; the removal of identified corrupt vice chancellors and administrators.
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