Reverse expulsion of politically expelled students of tertiary institutions - Group advises NUC

- The National Universities Commission (NUC) has been advised on how to handle a pressing issue

- A group wants the NUC to reinstating all politically expelled students of tertiary institutions in the country in the last decade

- According to the group's national coordinator, the expelled students have been rejected by their families and forced into a criminal life

Worried by the spate of crimes in the society, the Nigeria Civil Society Coalition for Peace and Good Governance has called on the National Universities Commission (NUC) to immediately begin the process of reinstating all politically expelled students of tertiary institutions in the country in the last decade as part of its contribution to peace in Nigeria.

The national coordinator of the group, Comrade Igwe Martins, made the call after his consultation meeting with the chairman Southeast Council of Traditional Rulers, HRH. Eze Eberechukwu Dike, and the chairman of southeast youths, Comrade Nonyelum Williams, and other stakeholders in the zone.

Comrade Igwe urged the NUC national chairman, Profssor Abdulrasheed Abubakar to, for the interest of peace and security of the country, begin the process of reinstating the expelled students as a measure to take them out of crimes in the streets.

Igwe who is also the programme officer of Apudi Institute for Peace and Studies and Social Rehabilitation regretted that the situation those students find themselves has lured them into roaming in the streets of the country committing all manner of crimes.

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“These students expelled without explicable reasons have been rejected by their family members and communities, they are not employable and because of that they turned out to be a threat to the society,’’ he said.

He pointed out youths who are supposed to be the engine room for economic development have turned to be first hand agents in any place they find themselves, appealing to the NUC chairman to as matter of urgency constitute a high power committee that would visit all the states of the federation to ensure their reinstatement into their institutions

Igwe assured that Civil Societies Organisations would rise up to support the NUC struggle to implement the idea, which according to him is targeted to ensure sustenance of peace and harmony in the society.

Legit.ng gathered that Igwe's series of consultations is ahead of a zonal congress to be hosted by his group later in the year in Owerri, the Imo state capital.

Meanwhile, over 50 youth groups in the country have concluded plans to organise a National Day of Action, in solidarity with Nigerian youths to ensure that the #NotTooYoungToRun bill is passed into law.

Legit.ng gathered that the initiative is geared towards engaging President Muhammadu Buhari on the age reduction bill and fulfill his promises to millions of Nigerian youths.

The event would hold on Wednesday, March 14 and kick-off at the popular unity fountain in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

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Source: Legit.ng