Some of the Youths and youth groups in the south-west region of the country have made open revelations that they will make sure that they support all the protesting students across the country to press home their demands over the lingering strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
The youths who had come under the aegis of Oodua Youth Coalition, OYC, on Sunday threw their weight behind the resolution of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, to halt some of the activities in airports across the country.
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It had been reported that the leadership of NANS had on Saturday in Akure, Ondo State capital resolved to disrupt the airspace from Monday, September 19, 2022.
In a statement issued by the president of the group, Oluyi Tayo, he stated that the seven months old strike had affected over 5,000 members of the group.
“The industrial action has left the fate of many Nigerian students hanging in the balance by the inconsiderate dispositions of the parties involved.
“We, the Oodua Youth Coalition, a socio-cultural youth group with over five thousand members affected by the lingering industrial action declare total support for the leadership of NANS on the proposed clampdown of airspace’s tomorrow.
“We enjoin our members to join the protest in their respective states from tomorrow. Education should be a right and not a privilege, we must fight to own what is ours.”
In another report, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has made some more open accusations at the Federal Government of Nigeria over some of their alleged plans to take education away from the reach of the poor masses in the Country.
The students’ body had also revealed that the current government has also failed in all ramifications, adding that “the current administration should have been sacked a long time ago.
The body had also made sure that they passed a vote of no confidence in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.