Education

ASUU strike: Students block Lagos airport road

Students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Monday, blocked a section of the access road to the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State, over the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The protesting students, who were armed with placards with various inscriptions, condemned the continued disruption in academic activities in all public and state universities as a result of the ASUU strike.

The protest, however, caused gridlock along the axis as the vehicular movement in and out of the Lagos airport was stalled.

NANS had earlier threatened to ground activities at the local and international airports across the country from Monday (today) over the lingering strike.

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The students, last week, blocked the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the Ibadan-Ife Road, leading to heavy traffic on the ever-busy highways.

ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over the failure of the Federal Government to meet the union’s demands.

The union’s demands include funding of the Revitalisation of Public Universities, Earned Academic Allowances, University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS), and promotion arrears.

Others are the renegotiation of the 2009 ASUU-FG Agreement and the inconsistency in the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS).

The Star

Segun Ojo

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