The National Association of Nigerian
Students (NANS) on Friday barricaded the Asaba
axis of the Niger Bridge for more than two hours. The action, which was jointly carried out by some
university students and their polytechnic
counterparts was in protest of the protracted
strike by ASUU. The aggrieved students blocked the bridge at
about 1 p.m., which resulted to a traffic gridlock
that stretched from the bridge to Okwe junction
about five kilometres to Asaba town. They also lamented the recent decisions of
polytechnic lecturers under the auspices of ASUP
to also embark on a similar strike, saying it would
further cripple the education sector and send a
wrong signal to the international community. NANS National Public Relations Officer, Victor Ola-
Ogun, said that the students were tired of the
strike and appealed to ASUU to call it off. He said that the students had embarked on the
peaceful protest and taken it to Kano and “now
they are in Zone B, that is Delta and the Anambra
area of the country.’’ He said that if the lecturers refuse to call off the
strike, the association would further move the
protest to Zone C and D, comprising the middle
Belt areas and South West of the country. “We do not want a situation where our ladies will
become prostitutes and the men armed robbers. “We are always there to fight for the lecturers’
welfare and now that the Federal Government has
decided to meet some of their demands, they
should consider for our sake and go back to
work,’’ Ola-Ogun said. The students, which were drawn from different
parts of the country, came in large number. They will leave Delta to their various destinations
on Saturday. (NAN)
Students (NANS) on Friday barricaded the Asaba
axis of the Niger Bridge for more than two hours. The action, which was jointly carried out by some
university students and their polytechnic
counterparts was in protest of the protracted
strike by ASUU. The aggrieved students blocked the bridge at
about 1 p.m., which resulted to a traffic gridlock
that stretched from the bridge to Okwe junction
about five kilometres to Asaba town. They also lamented the recent decisions of
polytechnic lecturers under the auspices of ASUP
to also embark on a similar strike, saying it would
further cripple the education sector and send a
wrong signal to the international community. NANS National Public Relations Officer, Victor Ola-
Ogun, said that the students were tired of the
strike and appealed to ASUU to call it off. He said that the students had embarked on the
peaceful protest and taken it to Kano and “now
they are in Zone B, that is Delta and the Anambra
area of the country.’’ He said that if the lecturers refuse to call off the
strike, the association would further move the
protest to Zone C and D, comprising the middle
Belt areas and South West of the country. “We do not want a situation where our ladies will
become prostitutes and the men armed robbers. “We are always there to fight for the lecturers’
welfare and now that the Federal Government has
decided to meet some of their demands, they
should consider for our sake and go back to
work,’’ Ola-Ogun said. The students, which were drawn from different
parts of the country, came in large number. They will leave Delta to their various destinations
on Saturday. (NAN)
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