Bursary: Lagos Students Threaten To Shut Down 3rd Mainland Bridge Monday 

The National Union of Concerned Students in Lagos has threatened to close the Third Mainland Bridge on Monday if the state government does not pay their bursary by Sunday.

The students’ group stated that this is the second time the students have experienced such a delay in the payment of their bursary under Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration.

They further accused the Executive Council of the National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) of not helping the matter, claiming that NULASS executives have forgotten their mandates to other students after being bribed by the government.

The group made this known on Wednesday in a statement titled, “Bursary: We Will Shut Down Third Mainland Bridge On Monday”.

The statement reads: “The National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) was founded by a group of patriotic Nigerians of Lagos State extraction at the premises of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) in 1967.

“One major benefit that has continued to accrue to our members from the state government from time immemorial has been the payment of bursary, which covers virtually all students from the state in various schools. I am happy to state that until recently, our members have never had cause to strain our relationship with the state government until now.

“Of particular note, we are expressing our grievances with the seeming reluctance of the state government to effect payment to of the Bursary.

“Members of the union are however sad to note that this is the second time this kind of ugly incidence of delayed payment is occurring in the life of the current administration. The first time was in 2017 when the government delayed the payment to us. The hands of government were however forced to act on the issue after series of protests and media campaigns.

“Our approach on this score is two pronged, we have been urging members to maintain calm while we find lasting solutions to the problem but the current Executives led by Shasanya Akinola is not helping matter, no doubt the government have bribed them and they are government puppet. They have forgotten the mandate given to them to serve the students populace. Within Nigeria

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