The National Leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has once again found Comrade Amb. Bestman Okereafor worthy of another National assignment to oversee the Directorate of Corporate and Private Sectors Engagement in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The appointment, which was made known at the weekend, comes after Okereafor meritoriously served as chairman of Screening and Verification Sub-Committee for the 2026 NANS National Elective Convention.
The Directorate shall serve as a bridge between NANS and the organised private sectors, multinational corporations, financial institutions, development foundations, technology companies, manufacturing industries, and other corporate organisations.
The Directorate also shall coordinate strategic partnerships aimed at attracting investments, scholarships, internship opportunities, entrepreneurship support programmes, innovation grants, career development initiatives, and corporate social responsibility interventions beneficial to Nigerian students.
Reacting, Comrade Bestman Okereafor, a former National PRO of NANS, appreciated the National leadership of NANS led by Comrade Akinteye Babatunde for the trust and confidence reposed on him to head the very important yet critical National directorate.
Okereafor lamented reduction of quantity of manufactured goods, especially packaged household consumer goods that have continued to drop in measures in terms of centilitres, grams and tonnes.
“Basic and internationally accepted standards for quantity in tea beverages, soft drinks and others have been tampered with in a subtle way, notwithstanding the gradual higher cost of goods, especially manufactured goods, the quantities of some of the goods have been tampered with by further subtle reduction in quantity within a stretch of time.
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“The inhumane treatment of workers by some foreign companies is also very alarming. Most of their workers have no insurance and health coverage , chemical exposures thereby leading to food poisoning as a result of toxic fumes among others .
“NANS will ensure justice is done henceforth with massive engagements, because most of these products are mostly consumed by our constituents.
“We will also consider partnering with Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to investigate the current drop in standard quantity of some manufactured household consumer goods in the country,” he said.
He also assured that financial institutions that had been stylishly extorting Nigerian Students would be exposed while having partnerships with those beneficial to Nigerian Students.
