The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to shut down the economy and ground all airports in the country on Monday, 19th September, over the continued ASUU strike.
Newsonline reports that the Nigeria students body also passed a vote of no confidence on the Minister of Works, Raji Fashola and the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu.
NANS said lamented that the Federal government has shown that it cared less about the plight of the students who have been at home for seven months and counting.
NANS made this known in Akure, Ondo State capital on Saturday in a press briefing, stating that their intention to ground all airports in the country is to affect the decision makers who have refused to settle ASUU for the sake of the Nigerian students.
The students’ body said the four-day closure of highways and expressways was a success, which is why they decided to stop international travel beginning on September 19, 2022, to affect government functionaries from engaging in international travel.
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The NANS National Task Force on “End ASUU Strike Now” Chairman, Ojo Raymond Olumide, revealed that students were already tired of pleading with both parties about the necessity of ending the strike, adding that the airports will remain closed until ASUU calls off the seven months strike.
He said, “The President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration must settle all outstanding arrears and the lecturers’ salaries.
“We shall begin another round of protest next week by storming the airspaces on Monday, 19th September 2022 to #OccupyTheAirports. We want to let the world know about the pains and anguish students are going through.
“Nigerian students whose parents create the commonwealth cannot continue to be suffering at home alongside our lecturers while the few who gain from our sweats and blood have their kids abroad jollying and flexing.
“We will, by this statement, not beg again. We shall be mobilizing all students to shut down the country. No Education! No Movement!”
NANS said their decision to pass a vote of no confidence on Minister of Works, Fashola followed his comment on the protest on Federal highways. For the Education Minster, Adamu Adamu, the students said he has failed woefully in his office.
