20/01/2026
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has demanded the immediate removal of the Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Dr. Afiz Oluwatoyin Ogun, over the prolonged non-payment of Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) allowances owed to students across the country.
Speaking via a statement issued on Tuesday, signed by the Assistant Secretary-General of NANS (National Headquarters), Comrade Adejuwon Olatunji Emmanuel expressed “deep outrage” at what it described as the persistent and unjustifiable failure of the ITF to settle outstanding SIWES allowances, despite years of complaints, petitions, and engagements by students’ bodies and other stakeholders.
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has demanded the immediate removal of the Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Dr. Afiz Oluwatoyin Ogun, over the prolonged non-payment of Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) allowances owed to students across ...