Poly Students – We’re Tired Of Staying At Home
Concerned students of polytechnics took to the streets of Lagos yesterday to protest the eight months old polytechnic teachers strike. Many of the students carried placard with various inscriptions such as “We are tied of sleeping”, and “We can’t even remember our matric numbers” among others.
The peaceful protest which was coordinated by the students union representatives of Yaba College of Technology had been put together to join the struggle of the striking lecturers.
The president of the students union, Comrade Ganiyu Salvador said that the students’ body decided to embark on the protest because the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has not been sensitive about their plight.
“We decided to express our grievances by ourselves because nobody seems to be speaking for us. The national body of Nigerian students have not been saying anything about our strike but they were active during the ASUU strike.
“ We therefore asked that the body should be changed to National Association of University Students while we in the polytechnic will form our own body that will represent us rightly”.
The peaceful protest which was coordinated by the students union representatives of Yaba College of Technology had been put together to join the struggle of the striking lecturers.
The president of the students union, Comrade Ganiyu Salvador said that the students’ body decided to embark on the protest because the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has not been sensitive about their plight.
“We decided to express our grievances by ourselves because nobody seems to be speaking for us. The national body of Nigerian students have not been saying anything about our strike but they were active during the ASUU strike.
“ We therefore asked that the body should be changed to National Association of University Students while we in the polytechnic will form our own body that will represent us rightly”.
Source: Leadership
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