Gatekeepers News reports that this was coming at the heels of calls from individuals and groups, including the House of Representatives that the nation’s higher institutions should be shut during elections so that students who registered near their homes can return home to vote.
In reaction to this, a member of the National Executive Council of ASUU and chairperson of the union at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof Gbolahan Bolarin, said, “The NUC is just a regulatory body. It doesn’t have the power to order the closure of any university.
“The only authority that can order this closure apart from the Senate of each institution is the Federal Ministry of Education and the order will be given on behalf of the visitor to all the universities, which is the President.
“By the time the ministry gives the order, the NUC will comply and the directives will be passed down. The House of Representatives should talk to the President about this. The NUC is powerless on this matter.”
Gatekeepers News earlier reported that the House of Representatives last Thursday passed a resolution asking the NUC to shut universities so that the students can take part in the forthcoming elections.
Also, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on the European Union Election Observation Mission to ensure that over three million eligible Nigerian students are allowed to vote for their preferred candidate in the election slated for February 25.
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