ASUU Strike: Heavy Security Presence At UNILAG

There was heavy presence of security officials, including men of the Nigeria Police Force, at the main gate of the University of Lagos UNILAG Akoka, following a planned protest by a group of students over the lingering strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU.

Recall that student groups had earlier declared mass protests across the country for Tuesday. The locations announced in some of the fliers obtained were, the University of Ibadan main gate, UNILAG main gate, and in some places in Edo State.

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As of Tuesday morning, tight security presence was sighted at the main gate of UNILAG. Pictures also showed that some students had gathered at the main gate of UI, under the aegis of “Fund Education Coalition”,  with their banner bearing captions like “we say no to commercialisation of education”, “every one of us must rise to defend education”, “we stand with ASUU revitalisation demand”.

The strike action of the lecturers which is entering its fourth month has left public universities shut since its inception following the lecture’s demands, which the Federal Government had, allegedly, not met.

One of the students at the scene, identified simply as Tolu, confirmed the development at UNILAG following the ASUU strike.

ASUU had accused the government of poor commitment to the payment of academic earned allowance; the continued use of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System and refusal to adopt the Universities Transparency and Accountability Solution, among others.

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