{"id":57241,"date":"2024-11-28T15:18:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T15:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57241"},"modified":"2024-11-28T15:18:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T15:18:53","slug":"nans-demands-immediate-dismissal-of-nasrda-crin-leaders-over-corruption-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/28\/nans-demands-immediate-dismissal-of-nasrda-crin-leaders-over-corruption-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"NANS Demands Immediate Dismissal of NASRDA, CRIN Leaders Over Corruption Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has called for the immediate dismissal of two prominent public officials, Dr. Mathew Adepoju, Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), and Dr. P.O. Adebola, Executive Director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), following serious corruption allegations.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on November 27, 2024, and signed by Senate Clerk Oladimeji Uthman, NANS urged President Bola Tinubu to act swiftly to remove both leaders in order to set a strong precedent against corruption in public service.<\/p>\n<p>The student body has been vocal in its push for transparency and accountability within Nigeria\u2019s government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>This demand follows a letter submitted by NANS on September 30, 2024, outlining corruption allegations supported by reports from multiple Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).<\/p>\n<p>The letter pointed to several NASRDA and CRIN projects that allegedly misused funds and deviated from their intended objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the presidency\u2019s acknowledgment of the complaint, NANS claimed that attempts to engage the agency heads for clarification went unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>During a Senate meeting at Niger Delta University, NANS resolved to take action.<\/p>\n<p>As part of their anti-corruption campaign aligned with President Tinubu\u2019s agenda, the association announced plans for a National Mass Action on December 2nd and 3rd, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The protests will target the respective agencies, demanding the dismissal, arrest, and prosecution of the implicated officials.<\/p>\n<p>NANS stressed that public office is a trust and any abuse of it is a crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has called for the immediate dismissal of two prominent public officials, Dr. Mathew Adepoju, Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), and Dr. P.O. Adebola, Executive Director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), following serious corruption allegations. In a statement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":57242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57243,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57241\/revisions\/57243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}