The National Association of Nigerian Students has called on the management of Atiba University, Oyo State, to resolve within seven days all outstanding regulatory challenges blocking Law graduates from proceeding to the Nigerian Law School.

The association, in a statement signed by its President, Mr Akinteye Babatunde Afeez, said it had received a volume of complaints from students and graduates of the university's Law programme who completed their academic requirements but remained unable to advance professionally due to unresolved issues with the Council of Legal Education over the programme's recognition and approval.

NANS stated that some of the affected students commenced their studies as far back as 2020, had sat and passed their examinations, and had paid substantial tuition and other fees over several years, only to find themselves unable to proceed to the Law School through no fault of their own.

The association expressed particular concern over allegations that the university continued to admit students into the Law programme and collect fees despite being aware of the regulatory limitations surrounding it.

"Students are not commodities. Their education, years of sacrifice and financial investments cannot be treated with indifference. A university that admits students into a professional programme assumes a fundamental responsibility to ensure that the programme is properly regulated and that students are not abandoned halfway through their academic journey," the statement read.

NANS directed the university to provide a comprehensive account of all students admitted into the Law programme, publish a clear explanation of the programme's regulatory status including all communications with the Council of Legal Education, and offer a transparent record of fees paid and the academic standing of affected students.

The association also demanded that the university engage directly with representatives of the affected students and NANS towards an immediate resolution, and warned that it would not remain passive while students faced prolonged uncertainty over a crisis they did not create.

"We will not sit idly by while students who have spent years pursuing their education are left in uncertainty over a matter they neither caused," Afeez stated.