ASUU STRIKE: Nigerian Students Mobilize For ‘Independence Day’ Protest

As the Federal Government prepares to mark
the 53rd anniversary of Nigeria’s independence
from colonial rule, some students are
mobilizing to protest the insensitivity of the
government to the plight of lecturers at
various universities in the country. Saharareporters has learned 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 our SaharaReporters 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