Twitter reacts as NANS president promises to deliver 20m votes for Buhari amid ASUU strike

Bayo Wahab 18:47 - 04 January 2019

Danielson Bamidele Akpan: NANS president.

Nigerians on Twitter are reacting to NANS president's promise to Buhari as ASUU strike enters eighth week.

Exactly two months after Nigerian Universities have been shut down, a video of the President of the National Association of Nigerian Students NANS, Comrade Bamidele Akpan has surfaced online promising to deliver 20 million votes for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections.

In the video which is now going viral, NANS president and his cabinet members during a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss the ongoing ASUU strike said the population of Nigerian student is large and close to 80 million. He, however, added that ''if the is constituency is well utilized, NANS can 20 million votes for him in the February 2019 elections.

The Executive Committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) visited today. The ongoing strike action by ASUU was one of the issues we discussed. The Federal Government is working hard towards a resolution, and we will continue to ask for ASUU’s understanding. pic.twitter.com/PCAbZ4ZxmQ
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) January 3, 2019

The promise to deliver 20 million votes at a time the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is trying to engage the government to fulfill university lecturers' demands has however caused some reactions on Twitter.

Here is what Nigerians are saying about NANS president's promise to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Graduates, working class, youth corpers, fathers, mothers are shouting #EndAsuuStrike, FG & ASUU are always walking out of each other, with no solutions yet, only for National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) members, to go and be praising Buhari & insulting ASUU. Madness
— Uncle AJ (@UNCLE_AJALA) January 4, 2019

When we say NANS is the most USELESS Students' Org., You don't need to go far to confirm it. Listen to a President who's colleagues have been at home for 2months because FG failed to implement the MOA of 2017, and conclude the renegotiation of the 2009 agreements with ASUU pic.twitter.com/TQc9krmcz5
— Damilola Adams (@Damolalaa) January 4, 2019

The funny thing is that these NANS excos are graduates, and they aren't even concerned about the Nigerian student. They're all after their pockets. How can someone be promising a failed government 20million votes. This is just sad.
— BINARY INVESTMENT PLATFORM (@james_invest1) January 4, 2019

Lol i can't blame him, more Nigerian students at home due to ASUU strike are more concerned about BurnaBoy's statement right now. Also,
Shouldn't NANS be nonpartisan?
Country is a serious circus right now.
— Appahcinno ✌_😎 (@Appahcinno) January 4, 2019

These NANS guys are jokers. Their schools are under lock and key and yet, they are paying courtesy visits!
— Dr. Ayodele Oni (@ayodelegoni) January 3, 2019

Isn't it ironic that the same students who have been at home for about two months because of #AsuuStrike are these same ones doing this?

Are you still wondering why National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has been quiet all these while?#EndAsuuStrike https://t.co/hmBo8Sg3BO
— Inside Sources (@InsideSources01) January 4, 2019