ASUU STRIKE: Students Insist On Planned Protest Despite Police Presence

Despite the heavy presence of security
men at the premises of the University
of Lagos (UNILAG) following the
students’ plan to protest the lingering
industrial action embarked upon by
the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU), Tuesday, the
students have insisted that they will
proceed with their demonstration
regardless of the development.
ASUU has been on strike since June 1,
2013 following the inability of the
Nigerian Government to honor the
agreement it signed with the union in
2009.
The UNILAG students are also
agitating for the reinstatement of their
Student Union Government (SUG) as
well as the reversal on the hike in
tuition at the Lagos State University
(LASU).
Coordinator of the Lagos State
chapter, Joint Campus Committee of
the National Association of Nigerian
Students (NANS), Comrade Yaqub
Eleto, said the body has a
responsibility to ensure welfare of all
students.
“For many years now, UNILAG has
been without a Students Union and
LASU school fees is too high. This is a
developing country and we should be
encouraging students to go to school
rather than hike their fees,” Eleto said,
insisting that students would not give
in for any kind of threat.
“ASUU strike is into its third month
now, and we cannot keep watching
things as they are,” the student leader
said further.
“We are going ahead”, insisted the
student.

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