The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students has called on the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria to intervene in the crisis faced by Nigerian students in the United Kingdom, which range from difficulties in processing tuition fees to accommodation issues.
This is following the letter by the UK chapter of NANS, dated November 18, which called on Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the UK, Sarafa Ishola, to intervene in the admission crisis faced by Nigerian students in the country.
In a letter signed by the president of the chapter, Micheal Obakhavbaye, it was revealed that several students were at risk of being deported due to difficulties in processing their school fees.
Backing the UK chapter, the NANS National Vice President, External Affairs, Akinteye Babatunde, frowned at the said difficulties faced by the Nigerian students.
In a statement made available to The PUNCH on Monday, Babatunde said that all these difficulties are inimical to the survival of the Nigerian students in the diaspora, and they believe that the Nigerian ambassador to the UK and the Central Bank of Nigeria are complicit in these acts.
He also said that the lapses in the accommodation issue have been attributed to the lackadaisical attitude of the Nigerian banking system which results in the cancellation of the students’ enrollment forms, which have done grievous damage to Nigerian students in the diaspora.
Babatunde also, called on the Nigerian Ambassador to the UK, Amb. Sarafa Ishola, Hon. Abike Dabiri and the Federal Ministry of Education to take actionable steps with respect to the hardship facing the students.
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