The National Association of Nigerian Students has said the student community should be adequately carried along in all education reform efforts of government.
The National Director of Inter-Campus Affairs, Nwuruku Olisa stated this while declaring his intention to contest for the office of the NANS Senate President, in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state capital on Thursday.
Nwuruku, a former Coordinator of NANS Zone B South-South and South-East, maintained that the Nigerian Student community should not remain a passive observers in the planning and implementation of government’s education policies, assuring that the NANS Senate Presidency under his watch would rewrite the narrative.
“As our country continues to undertake reforms aimed at strengthening institutions and expanding opportunities in education, the Nigerian student constituency must not remain a passive observer. Rather, we must remain an active and constructive partner in shaping the policies, structures, and ideas that will determine the future of education in our nation.
“In this evolving national context, the Senate of NANS must rise to its constitutional responsibility as the intellectual parliament of the Nigerian student Community, a chamber where ideas are debated with courage, where student interests are defended with clarity, and where the democratic ideals of our movement are preserved with discipline and integrity.
“The Senate must not merely exist as a ceremonial arm of our Association. It must function as a living legislative institution, a guardian of student democracy, and a strategic platform through which the collective aspirations of Nigerian students are articulated and advanced”, Nwuruku stated.
He noted that his aspiration for the office of President of the Senate was not born out of sudden ambition, but a natural progression of a journey shaped by years of passionate service, grassroots engagement, and institutional responsibility within the structures of NANS.
Nwuruku further pledged that if entrusted with the responsibility of leading the NANS Senate, his core priorities would be to reposition NANS Senate as a functional legislative institution, consolidate the voice of Nigerian Students in national discourse, strengthen institutional accountability within NANS, advance policy advocacy for student welfare and promote unity across the Nigerian Student Association.
He further stressed that “division weakens the strength of our collective voice and the NANS Senate must serve as a stabilising institution that promotes dialogue, inclusion, and unity across campuses, regions, and ideological divides.”
