A group of Nigerian female students who threatened to protest nude on the streets over the prolonged strike action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU have been advised against the action.
Reports gathered by Africa Daily News, New York on social media had said some female students are planning to protest naked on the streets asking the government and ASUU to reach a compromise and call off the strike.
Reacting, Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna senator, urged students not to protest naked in order not to create distractions to their main cause.
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His tweet read: The nationwide students’ protest over the ongoing universities strike is commendable and should be sustained.
“However, the threats by some female students to protest nude should be shelved, in order not to create serious distractions to the main cause of the struggle.”
Meanwhile, some students from Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Tai Solarin University of Education, Science and Technology (TASUED) Ijagun and Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB), Abeokuta on Monday blocked the Sagamu-Benin Expressway protesting.
The students held placards with inscriptions such as “End ASUU strike now”, “We say no to educational stagnancy”, “We’re tired of deadlock meetings” and “Education should not be this difficult” among others.
ASUU strike was extended for three months recently making it three months since the strike began on February 14th.
However, there are indications that the strike might be called off soon as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said the agreement reached with ASUU would yield good fruits next week.
Students across the country, yesterday, barricaded highways in the country in continuation of protests against the continued strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, getting travellers stranded for hours.
Those who participated in yesterday’s protests include students of the three universities in Ondo State, universities in Ogun State and Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Osun State.
The students in the three universities in Ondo State, including Federal University of Technology, Akure; Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko; and Olusegun Agagu University of Technology, Okitipupa, blocked the Ilesha/Akure highway.
They chanted different solidarity songs and displayed placards with various inscriptions such as: “End ASUU Strike”, “Save our future”.
Many motorists and travellers were stranded for hours on the highway, as students berated the Federal Government for not yielding to the demands of ASUU.
While others turned the highway to a football pitch, the students said they would not leave the highway until the Federal Government met ASUU’s demands.
