NANS warns against interference in scheduled convention

The Convention Planning Committee, CPC of the National Association of Nigerian Students,  NANS has urged the outgoing executives led by  Umar Barambu to desist from interfering in the November  24th to 26th scheduled convention of the body.

The CPC Chairman, Adamu Kabir Matazu who addressed a press conference in Abuja said the past few weeks have been unfortunately that of unnecessary distractions allegedly orchestrated by the outgolng President.

Matazu said  while the CPC  recognizes his exalted position as the President of NANS, good conscience and the eternal verdict of history wit! not allow us to condone his willful assault on the Constitution of NANS and the sensibilities of Nigerian Students.

“We therefore wish to send a straight, categorical and unequivocal message to the President of NANS, to desist from his antics and shenanigans which have no basis in the Constitution of NANS, and distracting the smocth transition programme piloted by the Convention Planning Committee under my leadership, heavily assisted by the Zonal Coordinators and other members of the CPC. The NANS President stands the risk of impeachment if he continues in this merchandize of mischief and mendacity, as students are very unhappy with his nefarious activities. To put the records straight, there is nowhere in the Constitution of NANS that grants power to the President to sack the leadership of the Convention Planning Committee as he comically claim to have done. He does not have even a sembiance of such powers.

” The sections quoted by the President In the vexatious Social Media Statement where he claimed to have removed the CPC Chairman has absolutely no relationship with the Convention Planning Committee. It is ridiculous and smack of ignorance for the President of NANS to refer to, and treat the CPC as a Standing Committee of NANS. All the Standing Committees of NANS are listed in Article 11, Sub-section 1 (i),and there ts no mention of the CPC there. The Constitution of NANS treats the CPC as a distinct Independent committee because of its role in election management, and so that it can operate outside the whims and caprices of the President. It Is clear that the Constitution of NANS envisaged a situation where a President may have a partisan Interest and want to use a puppet CPC to achieve It. And that Is why It removed the power of control of the CPC from the President, by making i the only committee in NANS with the ratification of the house.

He said based on  a review of the timetable,  the election will hold from 24th to 26th November in Abuja.