Angry NANS Plans Massive Protest To Ground Abuja Over Prolonged ASUU Strike

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) is planning a big protest that will ground economic activities in the federal capital teritory, Abuja.

The union has planned to hold protests zone by zone across the country, with the grand finale fixed for Abuja.

NANS is protesting the prolonged strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The union has been on strike since February 2022.

According to the ‘President-Elect’ of the student body, Usman Barambu, the protests, which have already begun in September, will run till October 11, 2022, after which he will lead the “Abuja shutdown.”

“You will agree with me that on February 14, 2022, ASUU embarked on an indefinite warning strike which had led to various phases of its strike activities for past seven months, due to ASUU and the Federal Government’s inability to resolve their issues.”

“I am glad to inform you that we will remain resolute in making sure our demands are adhered to and in other for adequate coordination, I have directed the following national officers to oversee the peaceful conduct of the protest in the following respective zones in conjunction with the zonal and state structures,” the statement added, listing officials of NANS in each of the its six zones to lead the protest activities.

NANS had grounded activities on the major highways in the country in the past one week including the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, on Monday in protests against ASUU strike.