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The attention of the Office of the NANS National Vice President – External Affairs has been drawn to the video in circulation showing the illegal denial of Cadets of the Nigerian Maritime Administration & Safety Agency (NIMASA) on the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) in the Philippines for their Certificate of Competency (CoC) who were barred to engage the Embassy in Manila.
Comr. Akinteye Babatunde Afeez, NANS Vice President, External Affairs firstly is saddened by the appearance which depicts that they haven’t been in good living conditions abroad coupled with the fact that they’ve been forced to underutilize over 5 years of their youth due to the abandonment of their responsibility by the Nigerian Maritime Administration & Safety Agency (NIMASA).
Comr. Akinteye Babatunde Afeez, NANS Vice President, External Affairs firstly is saddened by the appearance which depicts that they haven’t been in good living conditions abroad coupled with the fact that they’ve been forced to underutilize over 5 years of their youth due to the abandonment of their responsibility by the Nigerian Maritime Administration & Safety Agency (NIMASA).It’s a show of shame and a great public disgrace that federal government sponsored students are maltreated, abandoned and victimized in such a manner that they had to resort to a public show of displeasure against their sponsors. The video also emphasized that the students on scholarship has used 10 years in Philippines for a course with a duration of 4 years, wasting away 6 years of their youth.
The entire Nigeria students frantically frowns in displeasure at the NIMASA executives led by Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR, over the total neglect of students and children in a foreign man’s land, far away from home. It’s shows the extreme nature of the irresponsibility of the Dr. Bashir Jamoh led administration of NIMASA towards the faithful discharge of their abilities.
It became more insulting and embarrassing when the embittered students who in their legal right decided to stage a protest at the embassy, the embassy officials and security denied the students entry to their embassy. We, on this note, ask the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Mohammad Buhari to call the country’s Ambassador to Philippines to order.
We also demand NIMASA facilitate in no more than 72hours, for a proactive measure to ensure the quick completion of their sponsored program and a better stay of living else the NIMASA should expect a face down action by the entire students in the country. This show of madness has to come to an end.
Whilst we have made our demands made to the NIMASA and are working relentlessly on justice for our fellow students in diaspora, we appeal to all affected students in diaspora to be of good conduct at all times and be good ambassadors of our dear nation as the national leadership of the association are relentlessly working round the clock to ensure our demands are met.
Viva Aluta!
SIGNED
Comr. Akinteye Babatunde Afeez
Vice President – External Affairs
National Association of Nigerian Students.
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