LATEST: Withdraw Fashola’s SAN Now – NANS Tells Committee

The National Association of Nigerian Students has demanded that the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, relinquish his Senior Advocate of Nigeria title.

This followed the minister’s comments earlier on Wednesday in Abuja, in which he called the protesting students’ blockage of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway illegal.

According to Anaedoonline.ng, NANS has been protesting on the congested Lagos-Ibadan Expressway since Tuesday, demanding that the Federal Government resolve the ongoing strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities so that students can resume academic activities.

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NANS, in a statement signed by its National Public Relations Officer, Giwa Temitope, and sent to Newsmen late Wednesday, asked Nigeria’s Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee to withdraw Fashola’s SAN title.

“We have been informed that the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, openly said that: ‘The right to protest is a very well-protected right in our Constitution, but it does not include the right to inflict pain and inconvenience on other people. And so, whilst the protests can go on, they should refrain from blocking the road in order to do their protests. That in itself is a violation of law.

“The statement above shows that the Minister is enmeshed in a big contradiction in terms of what the law says. He tries to trivialise a very important issue by watering down the law. Asides from the clear nature of the letters of Section 2 of the Constitution on Fundamental Human Rights, Fashola should tell us how a protest is stated to “inflict pain and inconvenience on other people?”

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In terms of NANS, Fashola has long demonstrated a lack of understanding of Nigerian laws. The same person, who holds a SAN title, went on to try to destroy evidence from the crucial Lekki massacre.
Nigerian youths no longer respect Fashola and his phony ideals. It is preferable for the Minister to go and make restitutions with the President’s government to pay ASUU now rather than appeal for a suspension of the protest we have begun.

“If Fashola continues to tongue-attack our protests, we would start preparing to prevent another attack on our movement,” NANS said.

NANS further alleged, “We know that same Fashola has started contacting government agents and thugs to attack us. We want to put it on notice that should anything happen to our students in any part of the country, we will hold Minister Fashola responsible.”

The student body also called on the ASUU branch of the University of Benin to “start the process of withdrawing Fashola’s Law degree. Just as we reiterate our demand for a meeting with ASUU leadership soon, we need constructive synergy to win these struggles.”

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“Finally, we apologise to all our parents and friends who have been affected by these protests. We appeal that we are condemned to act in such a way as the education of Nigeria at all levels is at stake. And as you know, a nation that fails to care about education is planning to pay heavily for the consequences of mass ignorance.

“And, we also state that there is already a taskforce in place to enforce compliance which is headed by a former Vice President of the association, Ojo Raymond. So, there shall be no going back and we shall continue this struggle,” the statement concluded.

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