Friday, 18 October 2013
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) barricaded the Asaba axis of the Niger Bridge for more than two hours this Friday.
University students and their polytechnic counterparts were jointly involved in the protest against 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.
Victor Ola-Ogun NANS' President, said that the students are tired of the strike and are appealing for it to be called 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 from across the nation, came in large number.
On Saturday They will leave Delta state to their various destinations
