BEING TH E PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS (NAPS) OVER THE CONTINUAL CLOSURE OF ABDUL-GUSAU POLYTECHNIC ZAMFARA ON THE 1st NOVEMBER 2016

Naps leadership have been monitoring activities and events as it unfold at Abdul Gusau Polytechnic Talata Mafarawa Zamfara state, since the closure of the institution gate due the killings of eight students over an alleged blasphemous statement. The school is yet to resume academic activities despite the restoration of peace and orderliness to the region, and students display of willingness to return back to classroom for continuation of their academic programs.

The need to resume academic activities cannot be over stress as the unnecessary further delay of resumption can be more dangerous in exposing the idle students hand to the devils workshop. More harm has been inflicted on the already lagging behind academic calendar which is yet to recover from the thirteen months nationwide strike action bearing in mind the institution is barely two weeks to second semester examination before the occurrence of the ugly incidence.

We call for adequate attention to the state educational condition rather than the junketing around of the governor in the name of northern governors’ forum, the dilapidated infrastructure and obsolete facilities of state own institutions and efforts to rise the collapsing state of education should be paramount to the state government, we argue the northern region of the country can only be stronger the qualitative education.

NAPS won’t hesitate moving the national secretariat down to the state if the state government fails to see reasons why the school should be reopen in seven days from this day, we shall move our structures to demand the resumption in our own styles, several letters, consultation and consolidation have been employed before resorting to this stage. He who make a peaceful negotiation impossible makes a violent negotiation inevitable.

Having case the fox away we must return to the chick, we urge our students to be law abiding citizens, embrace peace and tolerance within and outside the polytechnic community. We should avoid any act capable of elongating our stay on campus or distract our academic activities. Student community all-round the country should be the safest and most peaceful place to stay on earth, an abode of peace, tranquility, unity and tolerance.

Signed
Comr Olugbode Damola
NAPS National PRO