NANS Plan to Shut Down Airports from Sept. 19 over ASUU Strike
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has announced its plan to shut down all international airports due to the ongoing ASUU strike.
Recall that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on February 14, 2022, embarked on an indefinite strike over some demands.
The body expressed its disappointment over the failure of the Federal Government to meet the demand of ASUU on Saturday and threatened to shut down all international airports starting from September 19.
The association made the announcement through a statement issued by the Ojo Raymond Olumide, chairman NANS national task force on “End ASUU Strike Now”.
The statement reads in part, “The four-day shutdown of busy highways and expressways had been a success, hence the move to disrupt international travels in order for the bourgeois and the government to feel the pains that had subjected students to in the past seven months.
“We shall begin another round of protest next week by storming the airspaces on Monday, 19th September 2022 to #OccupyTheAirports. We want to let the world know about the pains and anguish students are going through.”
Olumide stated further that they would no longer beg FG to meet ASUU’s demands, adding that students and lecturers cannot continue to suffer while politicians send their family members to foreign universities.
“We call on students to rise and join us as we take our destinies into our hands. Our demands remain consistently clear and simple. We call on ASUU leadership for a meeting as soon as possible to discuss solidarity actions and plan for the next phase of the struggles,” chairman NANS national task force added.
