ASUU Strike: “We Are Blocking All International Airport Until You Listen To Us” – NANS

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has announced its plan to shut down all international airports in the country following a seven-month deadlock between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Over the weekend, the national body of NANS convened in Akure, the seat of Ondo State, and criticized the approach of the federal government towards education and also the lecturers who were on strike.

The students promised to stop international travel starting on September 19, 2022, because they believed the four-day closure of highways and expressways was a success, and they wanted the bourgeois and the government to go through the same pain that students had over the previous seven months.

According to Ojo Raymond Olumide, Chairman of the NANS National Task Force on “End ASUU Strike Now,” students are already weary of pleading with both parties about the urgency of ending the 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!”