Students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South West zone, on Monday blocked the road leading to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, protesting against the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The students who were blocked by security operatives from gaining access to the airport took over the road, preventing traffic flow both inward and outward from the facility.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, will on Tuesday meet with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu; leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other stakeholders over the lingering industrial action by university lecturers. An invitation letter signed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Dr Yahaya Danzaria, said the meeting was to find ways of resolving the over seven-month-old strike amicably.
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has declared support for the protest embarked upon by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Lagos.