Nigeria Universities – Polytechnics and College of Education news Nigerian Educational News | Zenith Of Educational NewsLatest educational news reaching our news desk this morning, is that, the students of Yaba College of Technology did show their disapproval of the current ASUP strike by taking to the streets of Lagos on Friday to protest the eight-month strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics.
They did not just protest, but went further to disrupt traffic at Yaba, Fadeyi, Jibowu, and Onipanu areas of Lagos, the students of Yabatech were said to have expressed their grievances over the neglect of their plight by the Federal Government by using blockages and showing their grievance.
Many of them also bore placards with inscriptions such as:
“FG, please call off ASUP strike,” “HND=BSc,”
“Nyesom Wike, Stop Discriminating and Intervene,”
“We want to return to our classes,”
Among several other hand written notes on their placards.
The President of the Students’ Union Government of the institution, Ganiyu Salvador who spoke with a correspondent, said and we quote him:
“We are not protesting as YABATECH students, but as concerned students, and what we want to achieve is to have our voices heard.
The truth is that this current ASUP strike has just taken too long and nobody is saying anything about it. Unlike when ASUU was on strike, we don’t get much attention from anybody. We have spent so much time at home. Is it because we are not university students or we are no Students at all that the federal government should ignore us at home?
“They are toiling with our future. Since nobody is speaking for us, we have decided to speak for ourselves. We want to know why the Federal Government and even the National Association of Nigerian Students have neglected us to this point and behave as if we’re on vacation or something we really love!
“We should not be spending more time than we are supposed to spend in school. We want our voices to be heard and something done urgently concerning our plight.”
While emphasising his claim of neglect by the Federal Government, Salvador said the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, had at the Tertiary Institutions Trust Fund event held at Ibadan, on Thursday, allegedly told them it was not a forum to discuss their plight when a question was posed to him regarding the strike and that they (polytechnic students) should stop intimidating him.
The students chanted various protest songs and chorused, “We are tired of going to the clubs, watching movies, and sleeping at home.”
We hope that this gets to the federal government ear and everything will be fine within the next few weeks. Please do share this information with your friends on facebook and twitter.
We also heard that the Polytechnic Students In Lagos Protest Lingering ASUP Strike, more details will be coming your way very soon. Stay in touch with US by following us on Twitter or LIKE us on Facebook
morning great Nigerian students! , ….FG is so disappointing, y is he toying with our future & career…. for God’s sake education is our right! discrimination btwen poly and uni is too bad,as they don’t know that we are industrially and practically specialized.,… we shouldn’t be discriminated….. FG God awaits you…..weak leader!