The
website of the National Association of Nigerian Students,
www.nans.com.ng, and its Twitter account are dormant, findings by
newsmen have revealed.
A visit to the NANS official Twitter account, @TheNewNANS, on Thursday, showed that it was last updated on July 3, two days after the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities began.
On its Twitter page, the association, which boasts a membership strength of over 40 million Nigerian students, flaunts only 394 followers.
Besides, its website has no mention of the ongoing strike as well as efforts, if any, being made by NANS to find an amicable solution to the crisis.
The last time a piece of information was put on the portal was on September 29. Before then, a blog post on the 2013 International Students’ Day got a mention on the page on July 25.
Although NANS appears not to be taking its online presence seriously, just as it is the case of the Federal Ministry of Education, whose website hosting has been suspended for several weeks, ASUU has found an ally in its website.
A check on asuu-ng.org on Thursday revealed that the leadership of the union is making use of the website as a rallying point for its members across the country.
The last update on it, entitled “Message from ASUU President,” was used as a morale booster for members. The ASUU National President, Dr. Nasir Fagge, addressing his colleagues whom he described as “comrades,” urged them “to maintain the spirit of camaraderie and remain firmly resolute” in the struggle.
Besides, there is a special section on the website, with the heading, “Strike update,” where latest developments on the ongoing dispute can be found. The “strike update” is serialised in months. Such a story could not be said of the NANS website.
In fact, the website of the National Union of Ghana Students, a body similar to NANS maintains a regularly updated portal. Its picture gallery looks better organised than that of NANS, while its executive profile section contains basic information and contact details, including e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of all the executive members.
READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/51210.html
A visit to the NANS official Twitter account, @TheNewNANS, on Thursday, showed that it was last updated on July 3, two days after the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities began.
On its Twitter page, the association, which boasts a membership strength of over 40 million Nigerian students, flaunts only 394 followers.
Besides, its website has no mention of the ongoing strike as well as efforts, if any, being made by NANS to find an amicable solution to the crisis.
The last time a piece of information was put on the portal was on September 29. Before then, a blog post on the 2013 International Students’ Day got a mention on the page on July 25.
Although NANS appears not to be taking its online presence seriously, just as it is the case of the Federal Ministry of Education, whose website hosting has been suspended for several weeks, ASUU has found an ally in its website.
A check on asuu-ng.org on Thursday revealed that the leadership of the union is making use of the website as a rallying point for its members across the country.
The last update on it, entitled “Message from ASUU President,” was used as a morale booster for members. The ASUU National President, Dr. Nasir Fagge, addressing his colleagues whom he described as “comrades,” urged them “to maintain the spirit of camaraderie and remain firmly resolute” in the struggle.
Besides, there is a special section on the website, with the heading, “Strike update,” where latest developments on the ongoing dispute can be found. The “strike update” is serialised in months. Such a story could not be said of the NANS website.
In fact, the website of the National Union of Ghana Students, a body similar to NANS maintains a regularly updated portal. Its picture gallery looks better organised than that of NANS, while its executive profile section contains basic information and contact details, including e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of all the executive members.
READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/51210.html
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