{"id":62049,"date":"2025-03-03T08:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T08:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62049"},"modified":"2025-03-03T08:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T08:59:13","slug":"nans-gives-governors-72-hour-ultimatum-over-school-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/03\/nans-gives-governors-72-hour-ultimatum-over-school-closures\/","title":{"rendered":"NANS Gives Governors 72-Hour Ultimatum Over School Closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the governors of Bauchi, Katsina, Kano, and Kebbi states to reverse their decision to close schools for five weeks during Ramadan or face nationwide protests.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, NANS\u2019 National Public Relations Officer, Samson Adeyemi, condemned the closures as a violation of students\u2019 rights, warning that the policy could disrupt academic progress and set a dangerous precedent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe directive unfairly discriminates against non-Muslim students and undermines the fundamental right to education,\u201d Adeyemi stated, citing constitutional and international protections for uninterrupted learning.<\/p>\n<p>NANS also threatened legal action if the policy remains in place, urging parents, educators, and civil society to resist what it calls an unjust move.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has vowed to challenge the decision in court, warning that it could worsen the nation\u2019s education crisis, especially in regions already struggling with high out-of-school rates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the governors of Bauchi, Katsina, Kano, and Kebbi states to reverse their decision to close schools for five weeks during Ramadan or face nationwide protests. In a statement on Monday, NANS\u2019 National Public Relations Officer, Samson Adeyemi, condemned the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":62050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62049","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\/62049","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=62049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62051,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62049\/revisions\/62051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}