Students in Ogun on Monday blocked the Sagamu-Benin Expressway in protest against the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The joint protest had in attendance students from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye; Tai Solarin University of Education, Science and Technology, Ijagun and Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.
The students stormed the TASUED axis and blocked the expressway leaving many motorists stranded and travellers trapped.
The students carried placards with inscriptions such as “#End ASUU strike now#”, “We say no to educational stagnancy”, “We are tired of deadlock meetings” and “Education should not be this difficult”, among others.
Speaking at the protest ground, the Chairman, National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in the state, Damilola Simeon, appealed to the federal government to reach a compromise with ASUU.
“We have been clamouring since the commencement of…
