Report reaching clogeblog news desk has it that, The
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Monday, embarked on a
peaceful protest to make known their grievances as regards the ongoing Academic
Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) strike, calling on the Federal Government to
intervene as a matter of urgency.
clogeblog gathered that the
aggrieved Students block the entrance of Governor Babatunde Fashola’s office,
chanting that they are tired of staying at home, promising to mobilise all
students nationwide and shut down all federal roads.
NANS also condemned the age-long
discrimination polytechnic graduates have continued to suffer in the labour
market against their university counterparts, calling on government to review
the issue.
A student from Ilaro polytechnic,
Idowu Gbemileke, stressed that they had spent 11 months and two weeks at home
doing nothing while the Federal Government had kept mum on the strike so far.
Questioning Nyesom Wike’s ability to
function effectively as the Supervising Minister of Education, the Nigerian
students, called for his immediate removal as a minister and urged for a reform
in the education sector.
“We say no to any plan by the
federal and state government to increase or introduce new tuition fee on
various campus,” the students said.
Their demands included a reduction
in LASU’s school fees; reinstatement of all banned unions by the management of
University of Lagos (UNILAG); conversion of Higher National Diploma (HND) to
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) and immediate removal of the minister of
education.
The students sang several protest
songs, displaying placards that read, ‘implement all agreements with ASUP,
COEASU others, we say no to Wike as the Minister of Education.
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