ASUU Strike: NANS defies rain, blocks Lagos Airport road
Students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South West zone, defied the early Monday rain to block the road leading to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, over the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
It was learnt that security agencies blocked the students from gaining access to the airport and this made them to take over the road, preventing traffic flow both inward and outward the facility.
The students demanded an immediate end to the strike which has entered its seventh month, urging the Federal Government to meet the demands of the striking lecturers to enable them to return to the classroom.
They were singing and dancing, creating gridlock in the process.
The protesters were led by NANS National Taskforce Chairman, Olumide Ojo; Vice President, External Affairs, Akinteye Babatunde; Public Relations Officer, Giwa Yisa Temitope; Zone D Coordinator, Adegboye Emmanuel Olatunji; Deputy Senate President, Ekundina Elvis; Ondo JCC Chairman, Omotosho Surprise; Lagos JCC Chairman, Olusesi Tolulope Samson; Ogun JCC Chairman, Kehinde Damilola Simeon and Oyo JCC Chairman, Adeleke Quadri Abidemi.
In an attempt to forestall the protest, the students were earlier intimidated by armed police officers.
