Tijani Usman Shehu, a 40-year-old
student of the Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria has emerged the new
President of the National Association
of Nigerian students (NANS) after a
controversial convention at Delta State University, Abraka, Delta state.
The new President who was an officer
of the association in the 1990s,
according to report from The Cable,
emerged winner with over 160 votes
from 239 eligible vote.
It was gathered that many resisted his
participation in the election for
studentship and age reason, but his
supporters opposed, arguing that
only his parents could tell his true age.
"I know many are crying wolf over his
age and NANS' normal cry of non-
studentship," a fan of his wrote on
Facebook. "But if truly he was not a
student, then the CPC or the
convention chairman was in a good position to pronounce it and disqualify
him. But since the reverse is the case,
then Tijani Usman is a student and
nobody should tell me his age except
his parents."
It was said that the convention was
brought to an abrupt end with the
election of just four office holders.
"They brought the convention to an
abrupt end when they had voted into
their four key offices; the president,
senate president, treasurer and ex-
officio II," he source was quoted as
saying.
Meanwhile, many of those who
attended the convention had
expressed fears that the new NANS
would be an appendage of the People
Democratic Party (PDP), as the new
president is a staunch supporter of the party.
"That's not hidden," a top NANS figure
said. "All I see here is continuity, as the
previous president, Yinka Gbadebo
(aka Ayefelle), a student
representative of the just-concluded
national confab was in support of the president-elect and both of them
support Team Jonathan 2015″
Roys Ochais, the newly-elected senate
president whose university could not
be confirmed also said to be close 40
years of age.
Many student-senators decried the
hands of political parties in the
running of the NAN elections. "Most
senators (student union presidents)
are selling their tags to stand by who
they will vote for" an aspirant said.
"It is an irony that the people who say
Buhari is too old for to be president in
2015 will elect a 40-year-old as NANS
president."
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