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Students from the various institutions of higher learning in Edo State yesterday, protested the continued strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The protest caused a major chaotic traffic situation in several parts of Benin City, the state capital for several hours as the students urged the federal government to intervene, vowing to continue a daily stay in the city centre until their demands are met.

The students, who mobilised themselves from University of Benin (UNIBEN), Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma (AAU), Federal Polytechnic Auchi, carried placards with various inscriptions and blocked the Oba Ovonramwen Square popularly called Ring Road to express their grievances which resulted in traffic jams around the axis, including Akpakpava, mission road.

Speaking on the issue, National Vice President, Special Duties of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Idiahi Thomas, faulted Nigeria’s educational sector, saying: “Our leaders have bastardised it, and, as it is, Nigerian students are at home and yet the government officials are busy purchasing forms for over N100 million, an amount presidents of other countries cannot earn constitutionally throughout their own tenure.

"If the federal government does not want us to remain here, they know obviously what to do. You are taking a course of four years to five years, now they spend six to seven years.

"Post Graduate students who are supposed to spend 18 months are spending two to three years and some get frustrated and abandon them.”

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/05/05/students-in-edo-protest-ASUU-strike-ask-fg-to-intervene/

They are wasting their time. Buhari will rather listen to bandits than listen to this ones

The only thing this students can do is
to take advantage of the strike learn high income skill that will help the even after school...
Cus this system care less about the education of her students
The only thing they are after is their pocket

Omor men

I keep on saying this
Baba bubu isn't aware about ASUU strike,,
He hasn't been shocked as usual

Better make some of Una go learn hand work

People are being paid money to strike by dubious lecturers. I'm in uniben and can tell you that. With good sponsorship. Hunger don dey beat lecturers as fg don start no work no pay. They intend to put pressure on fg claiming student are protesting

Prof9292:
People are being paid money to strike by dubious lecturers. I'm in uniben and can tell you that. With good sponsorship. Hunger don dey beat lecturers as fg don start no work no pay. They intend to put pressure on fg claiming student are protesting

Dumb. Don't the students have right to protest? Is it lecturers that stayed almost a year without salary and still held on to the strike that u are calling hungry? Just two months without salary?