NANS President, Sunday Asefon, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday, June 11, 2021.
Asefon said the association was suspending the strike due to concerns about the safety of protesters and fear of possible hijack by politicians.
The NANS president stressed that the protest was not cancelled but postponed, as a new date would be announced later.
He said the now suspended protest was against insecurity in the country, especially the serial abductions of students, adding that some politicians with “different agenda” have perfected plans to hijack the protest to “ventilate their political opinions and sentiments”.
Asefon denounced any link with the secessionist campaign or the ‘Buhari-must-go’ campaign allegedly organised by some politicians, slated for June 12.
“Having considered the current security realities and the danger to the lives of our members in case of possible hijack of the planned protest, I in consultation with all the structures of NANS, therefore, announce the suspension of our proposed protest for June 12,” he said.
He also said: “The suspension of the protest is necessary to avoid a clash of interest and clash with security agencies that are on red alert to protect the nation’s infrastructure from security breaches on the proposed date as a result of many other protests slated for the date.
“We intend to protest for better security and improved welfare for our students, we must therefore not put the life of any of our students at risk to ventilate our grievances.”