NANS Backs Jonathan For President

National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Thursday endorsed
President Goodluck Jonathan as their preferred candidate for the March
28 presidential election.

The National President of NANS, Comrade Tijani Usman made the
confirmation at a one-day National Student's Association Rally in
Abuja.

Usman said that the decision to back President Jonathan was borne out
of the conviction of the President's achievements that touched on the
lives of the students and youths of the country.

He said: ''We are supporting President Jonathan because he is the
first president ever to have released about N200 billion at a one full
swoop to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASSU, for the
overall uplifting and development of the universities. He similarly
established more than 24 new universities across the country. He has
also set up 124 Almajiri schools for our brothers in the northern part
of country."
--Vanguard