ASUU Strike: students stage an independence protest..

Following the more than 3-month
old academic strike undertaken by
the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) and indications
that same is not nearing its end,
Nigerian students have decided to
embark on a protest.
The protest is slated to hold today,
the 1st of October, as the country
marks its 53rd year of Independence.
According to reports , the students
are mobilizing to protest the
insensitivity of the government to
the plight of lecturers at various
universities in the country.
It was gathered from sources at the
National Association of Nigerian
Students (NANS) that students at
various zones of the association
would demonstrate against
continued closure of universities
throughout the country.
In Ibadan, Oyo State, the “Zone D”
leaders of NANS told reporters that it
is prepared to demonstrate on
October 1st. The students said they
would march from the Mokola
roundabout in Ibadan, starting from
8am.
Also in Lagos, the Joint Campus
Committee of NANS Lagos said the
students are being mobilized to
begin their protest march from the
NLC building in Yaba area of Lagos.
The students insist that demands of
their lecturers are reasonable and
must be met by the Nigerian
government.
University lecturers have been on
strike since 1st of July, 2013 over
President Goodluck Jonathan’s
government’s failure to honor the
agreements signed with them since
2009.
The university teachers had vowed
that their strike will continue
indefinitely will continue until the
government honor 2009 agreements
to revitalize the public education.