{
  "id": 14482776,
  "title": "Shettima To Students: You Must Have A Voice In National Decision-making",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/shettima-to-students-you-must-have-a-voice-in-national-decision-making",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T15:49:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/14/shettima-to-students-you-must-have-a-voice-in-national-decision-making/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Vice-President Kashim Shettima emphasized the importance of Nigerian students having a role in shaping national decisions, stating that they should be considered stakeholders in the country's present. He assured students that President Bola Tinubu would maintain uninterrupted academic calendars in schools by continuing reforms in education financing, student welfare, and engaging with lecturers. Shettima highlighted the student loan programme as a key intervention, helping students remain in school despite financial pressures. He also urged students to engage with the government honestly, including when they have differing opinions. NANS President Comrade Akinteye Afeez pledged to mobilize 10 million votes for Tinubu's re-election in 2027, citing the administration's education policies, particularly the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, as reasons for their support.",
  "summary": "* Assures them Tinubu’ll sustain undisrupted academic calendars in schools * NANS endorses president for second term, to mobilise 10m votes for his re-election Deji Elumoye in Abuja Vice-President Kashim",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}