The students of Yaba College of Technology today took to the streets of Lagos once again to protest the eight-month strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics. The students had staged a peaceful protest last Friday, and continued today, disrupting traffic at Ikorodu area of Lagos.
The grieving students say they have been neglected by the Federal Government.
“This strike has 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? They are toying 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. We are tired of going to the clubs, watching movies, and sleeping at home.”
The strike in the nation’s polytechnics is over nine months with no solution in sight.
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| Students sleeping right in the middle of the service lane at Anthony |
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| Helpless Onlooking LASTMA officials |
