Hundreds of students of the University of Benin, Edo State, have hit the streets on Wednesday in protest of the ongoing strike action of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
In UNIBEN, the students , who protested around the university’s gate and its environs, had declared what they called ‘UNISTREET’.
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The tag means that Nigerian students would now be taking lectures on the streets with some of them acting as lecturers, all in a bid to protest school closure.
The latest development comes a day after students equally protested around the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, calling for immediate reopening of public universities across Nigeria.
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Unfortunately, protest at the University of Lagos on Tuesday was foiled as heavily armed security officials, including the men of the Nigeria Police Force, were stationed at the gate of the school.
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.
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ASUU had accused the government of poor commitment to the payment of earned academic allowance; the continued use of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) and refusal to adopt the Universities Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), among others.
See some pictures and videos from the protest below:
Uniben main gate protest against asuu strike , happening now pic.twitter.com/zMcUUBTaxh
— Parkalin oyenon (@PParkalin) May 4, 2022
UNIBEN students are dancing in the full blown rain on ring road to protest the ASUU strike
Will Smith • Dammy • Kanye • Beans pic.twitter.com/nmKte6gXGx
— TWAA Ng. (@talkwithaa) May 4, 2022
ICYMI: UNIBEN Students Protest over ASUU Strike.#EndASUUStrike #EndASUUStrikeNow #AsuuStrikeUpdate pic.twitter.com/LttiklzU3k
— TripleHay of UNILORIN⭐ (@TripleHay001) May 4, 2022
