Shehu Sani, a former Senator from the Kaduna Central Senatorial District, has advised Nigerians to study in government-run universities rather than risk conflict and racism in their pursuit for higher education overseas.
He stated via his Twitter page that students “dying to study abroad” should instead “stay at home” and cope with incessant strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
“Those who are dying to study abroad, stay at home and get into federal or state university. It’s better to hustle with ASUU than war and racism,” he tweeted.
Sani’s post comes as news surface of Nigerian students being stranded in Ukraine, which is embroiled in a conflict with Russia.
One Twitter user, @YarKafanchan, responded to the remark by pointing out the Senator’s own state’s level of insecurity. He wrote, “Have you forgotten the students in Kaduna State who have spent and are still spending months in the dens of armed terrorists?”
“This is a country where hundreds of teenage schoolgirls get kidnapped and spend month with their captors and it’s not major news. Nigerians are safer among racists,” @EugenehoCortez tweeted.
@OgSadik stated that, “You should know a nation has failed its youth if the choice is between staying here and facing war/racism.”
“The fact that Nigerians are willing to risk war and racism shows how much politicians like you have failed,” @originalBNV wrote.
