ASUU embarked on strike on February 14 to protest the Federal Government’s failure to meet the demands of its members, among which implementation of the agreement it signed with the government in 2009 on Earned Allowances and replacement of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, and University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS.
A stranded commuter and employee of the Federal Government, Oyetunji Sanusi, said he got stuck in the traffic on his way to work at at 8:30 a m.
“I have suffered today (yesterday). This is 2:30pm and I am still here. The agitation is worth it but the hardship it has caused is unimaginable. My appeal to the government is that they should find a lasting solution to this issue.’’
Another very angry commuter, Francis Phillips, said he had been to 88 countries of the world, adding that Nigeria remained the worst.
“Even the spoon we use to eat here is sub-standard. I am stranded here and my wife is stranded at the local airport. Even in Somalia, it doesn’t happen like this. It is a shame,” he said.
He added that everyone had the right to protest but regretted that those who should be targetted were not affected by the protests.
“They are busy sharing money because they don’t know their right from their left,” he said.
Spokesman of NANS, South West zone, Opeoluwa Awoyinfa , told newsmen that they would continued the siege on the airport until ASUU called off its strike and resume work.
Awoyinfa, who disclosed that the protest would be extended to the Third Mainland Bridge and the two ports in Lagos today, expressed regrets that President Muhammadu Buhari and Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, chose to travel out of the country when university students were still at home as a result of the strike.
“We want the international bodies too to see the shame that is going on in our education sector, so they can also help us to beg our government to listen to us.
“Campaigns for the 2023 elections will begin on September 28, 2022, so if the students keep quiet, the federal government will only focus on elections.
