By Fatima Idera
Nigerian students under the auspices of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday staged nationwide protest against the continued strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Hordes of students led by the NANS President, Comr. Sunday Asefon, converged at the Unity Fountain in Abuja, the nation’s capital, chanting different solidarity songs and holding placards with various inscriptions such as “say no to ASUU Strike”
The protest also reverberated in other states including, Nasarawa, Kano, Plateau Niger, Taraba, Ekiti, Oyo, Ondo among others.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Asefon announced that the protesters would storm the road from the Unity Fountain to the Federal Secretariat before proceeding to the National Assembly.
“Students union has given the Federal Government up till the 28th of February to resolve the issue with ASUU or face a national mass action by Nigerian students”
He described as unfortunate, the attitude of the Federal Government who he accused of playing hide and seek game with ASUU since 1999 when it signed the agreement with the union.
However, from the Unity Fountain, the Nigerian students marched to the National Assembly, as they were stopped by security operatives at the gate. A few of the students tried to put up resistance, but they were overpowered by security agents
