National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has warned the Federal Government against disenfranchising Nigerian students in the forthcoming polls, urging it to shut down schools to allow students vote.
This was contained in a statement signed by NANS Vice President , Babatunde Akinteye, and made available to The Guardian, in Ibadan, yesterday.
Akinteye said, in time past, the lack of flexibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission and the managements of tertiary institutions made it difficult, and almost impossible, for students to participate in the electoral process. “Now that we have registered for our PVCs and they have been processed and our tertiary institutions are not considering academic breaks for students during the general elections, despite having knowledge that most students registered outside their campuses, to go and collect our PVCs and have the opportunity to vote.”
“This is to allow students have access to their PVCs and vote for the candidates of their choice in fulfilment of their civic responsibility as patriotic citizens of Nigeria,” he explained.
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