Some members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have begun the process of impeaching Sunday Asefon as President due to allegations of illegal tenure extension.
Members accused him of failing to serve the association's primary purpose, which is to protect the general interests of all Nigerian students, both at home and abroad.
At the age of 45, Asefon was elected for a one-year term at the NANS convention in Abuja on December 4, 2020, and was scheduled to hand over in December 2021. He has, however, failed to hold another convention or hand over in accordance with the constitution of the association.
An official from the association told Prime9jaOnlineMedia that its Senate arm had begun moves to impeach Asefon as President for "incompetence, misappropriation of funds, corruption, elongation of tenure, and insensitivity to the plight of Nigerian students."
He also mentioned the current impasse between the Nigerian government and university teachers, which has left students stranded at home for nearly six months, and claimed that the NANS President had failed to meet the challenge of bringing both parties together because he is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress.
"The campaign to get him out has begun." Asefon has done more harm than good to Nigerian students because he is unaware of his responsibilities as the number one Nigerian student, commanding over 50 million Nigerian students at home and abroad.
"Unfortunately, Nigerian students have been deprived of their fundamental right to higher education for approximately six months due to the quagmire between ASUU (Academic Staff Union of Universities) and the federal government, yet the NANS president has been aligning with a specific political party, the APC, which is the ruling party."
"Instead of pushing for an end to the strike, he is busy campaigning for the APC, the same government party that has failed to end the strike," he said.
According to a candidate for the association's upcoming convention, Asefon tampered with and manipulated the NANS constitution and Charter of Demand without recourse to constitutional provisions.
"He has remained in office for over 8 months after his tenure expired, in violation of the association's constitution, and has refused to resign. We have called a Senate meeting to ratify his removal," he said.