The headlines of mainstream Nigerian newspapers for Thursday, September 7, are focused on the continuous ASUU strike and minister of women affairs Aisha's Alhassan's controversial support for Atiku Abubakar.
This Day reports that there is no end in sight to the industrial action in the social services sector in the country, as the major non-academic staff unions of tertiary institutions in the country, Wednesday resolved to embark on an indefinite strike from September 11 if the federal government failed to meet their demands.
Should they carry out their threat, they would be joining the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) whose members have downed tools, making life unbearable for Nigerians.
This Day Newspaper
The Guardian reports that the Southern Leaders of Thought have insisted that Nigeria requires a new constitution to be adopted by the people in a referendum. A statement yesterday by the Chairman of the group, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, said restructuring would not meaningfully be done by amendment to the existing 1999 Constitution, and therefore proposed a new constitution to be adopted by the people through a referendum.
The leaders explained that the 1999 Constitution must be replaced, because it was never a democratic constitution in the first instance.
The Guardian Newspaper
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Vanguard reports that Senator Aisha Alhassan has vowed to oppose President Muhammadu Buhari if he shows interest in the 2019 presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The minister said she would resign and pitch her tent in the camp of Atiku Abubakar, if the President showed interest to contest against Atiku.
Vanguard Newspaper
The Punch reports that when contacted about Mrs Alhassan's statement, the national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, declined comment.
Also, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, neither returned to one of our correspondents’ telephone calls nor a text message sent to him.
The Punch Newspaper
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The Nation reports that Politicians were up in arms yesterday over the news that Nigeria was out of recession.
To the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS’) figures showing that Nigeria is out of recession are “nothing to celebrate”.
But the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) defended the government’s economic policies which led to the country’s exit from recession.
The Nation Newspaper
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Thursday 7 September 2017