Protesting students under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South West zone, today, September 19, blocked the road leading to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, in protest of the continuous closure of public universities.
Though the students who were in their numbers were blocked by security operatives from gaining access to the airport, they, however, staged the protest on the road leading to the airport thereby preventing traffic flow both inward and outward from the facility.
The protesters were led by NANS National Taskforce Chairman, Olumide Ojo; Vice President, External Affairs, Akinteye Babatunde; Public Relations Officer, Giwa Yisa Temitope; Zone D Coordinator, Adegboye Emmanuel Olatunji; Deputy Senate President, Ekundina Elvis; Ondo JCC Chairman, Omotosho Surprise; Lagos JCC Chairman, Olusesi Tolulope Samson; Ogun JCC Chairman, Kehinde Damilola Simeon and Oyo JCC Chairman, Adeleke Quadri Abidemi.
They demanded an immediate end to the strike which has entered its seventh month, urging the Nigerian government to meet the demands of the striking lecturers to enable them to return to class.
