On Wednesday, students protesting under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigerian Students marched to the Ibadan tollgate while traveling on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Following their obstruction of traffic along the highway, which left drivers stuck, the students moved on to the location of the PDP stakeholders meeting, which is taking place in Ibadan.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities is now on strike, and the students have vowed to keep protesting tomorrow until the strike is immediately ended.
“This agitation shall be sustained to the latter. We have begun a significant action and we shall sustain it till our demands are met,” a statement by NANS National PRO, Giwa Temitope, said.
“It is embarrassing that for the past seven months, Nigerian students have been denied access to education. This deliberate act insults the collective intelligence of Nigerian students both home and in the diaspora and it shows the lackadaisical attitude of the ruling elites towards the plight of the Nigerian people.
“No one could have imagined that there would be a time in the history of this country when ivory towers would be under lock and key as a result of governmental crass irresponsibility. Alas! It is happening right in our time,” he added, vowing that they were ready to shut down the country including the Presidential villa, if the Federal Government would not resolve the strike.
See images from the protest below:
