The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has dissolved the leadership of its Ogun State Joint Campus Council, citing constitutional breaches and internal divisions, and has directed that fresh elections be conducted within 30 days.
The decision was announced in a statement released on Tuesday in Abuja, following an internal review of petitions linked to the council’s leadership crisis. NANS said its findings pointed to procedural violations, administrative lapses, and increasing factional disputes within the body.
According to the statement signed by its president, Olushola Oladoja, the situation had escalated into a constitutional issue that threatened the stability and unity of the student body in Ogun State.
While acknowledging that the council’s chairman was validly elected in February 2025, the association faulted the leadership for exceeding its one-year tenure and failing to properly manage the transition process. It noted that key requirements, such as convening a pre-election senate meeting and setting up a convention planning committee, were not fulfilled within the stipulated timeline.
NANS also accused the dissolved executives of actions that deepened divisions within the council, describing the leadership as uncooperative and contributing to growing factional tensions.
As part of its intervention, the association nullified all actions taken by the outgoing executives and directed stakeholders to disregard any authority previously exercised by them.
A transition committee has been put in place to oversee the council’s affairs pending the conduct of new elections. The committee will be led by the Vice President (Inter-Campus Affairs), Akinbodunse Praise, with the National Public Relations Officer, Adeyemi Ajasa, serving as secretary. Other members include representatives from the South-West zone and selected student union leaders across institutions in Ogun State.
The committee has been mandated to organise elections within 30 days, with NANS stressing that the process must meet standards of transparency, fairness, and credibility.
The move reflects recurring leadership disputes within student unions in Nigeria, where disagreements over tenure and electoral processes often lead to intervention by national bodies.