The National Association of Nigerian Students on Tuesday
said it had uncovered multi-million Naira assets of some vice chancellors,
including those allegedly acquired through proxies, family members and
siblings.
Consequently, NANS said it would mobilise 40 million
Nigerian students in a march against corrupt vice chancellors and heads of
tertiary institutions in the country.
The organisation also announced some remarkable advancements
it had made in the fight against official corruption in the country, especially
in the nation’s higher institutions through whistle-blowing mechanism.
The breakthrough, according to NANS President, Chinonso
Obasi, was sequel to its earlier resolve to take advantage of the
whistle-blowing window provided by the Federal Government to join in the fight
against corruption.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja, he said the protest
march against corruption would afford NANS the opportunity to demand the
removal of corrupt vice chancellors and other heads of tertiary institutions.
He said, “After mobilising our state chapters throughout the
country, NANS wishes to inform Nigerians that we have been able to identify
multi-million naira assets of some vice chancellors, including those acquired
through proxies, family members and siblings.
“We are putting final touches to our grand plan to mobilise
40 million Nigerian students in a march against corruption in tertiary
institutions, during which we hope to demand from President Muhammadu Buhari
the removal of identified corrupt vice chancellors and administrators of
tertiary institutions.
“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.”
Obasi expressed disappointment that administrators of higher
institutions of learning could 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.
“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,” Obasi said.
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