by: Emeka Onwudinjo
Members
of the National Association of Polytechnics Students (NAPS) have scheduled a
peaceful protest in Abuja over the protracted Academic Staff Union of
Polytechnics (ASUP) strike, which has paralysed activities in polytechnics for
over 10 months.
In
a statement, NAPS Senate President, Lukman Salahudeen, said: “It is obvious
that our governments have no provision for the future of this nation. It is
pathetic to see that the Senate Committee on Education has done little to
resolve the crisis. In our estimation, we reject the insensitivity, unpatriotic
and ineffective act of the supervising Minister of Education, Mr Nyesome Wike;
he has failed to attend the committee’s meeting for the second time.”
Without
readiness of the government to resolve with lecturers, Lukman said students
would take their destinies into their hands by marching on Presidential Villa
in Abuja to “let Mr President see reasons for him to intervene fully and end
the strike just the way he did with ASUU”
Aso
Rock, he said, would be considered as campus until their campuses reopen.
He urged his colleagues to see the protest as a collective struggle to salvage
the nation’s education from “total collapse”.
SOURCE:
The Nation.
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