Scores of workers and other citizens in Plateau State on Tuesday protested the ongoing Academic Students Union on Universities strike in compliance with the nationwide protest called by the national secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress.
The protesters who trooped out en-masse as early as 7 am converged at the Secretariat Junction Flyover bridge in the Jos city centre.
Leaders of different trade unions, including NLC, ASUU, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Non-Academic Staff Union, Student Union Government as well as civil society organisations took part in the protest.
The police and other security agents, however, were on ground to maintain law and order amid heavy gridlock on the roads caused by the protests.
But the leaders of the various unions who took turns to address the crowd lambasted the federal government for its nonchalant posture towards the development of education in the country.
The state chairman of the NLC, Eugene Manji, said, “Nigeria is standing still for our colleagues in tertiary institutions. They have been suffering for the past six months, and the situation is quite unfortunate.
“We are here to register our displeasure over the situation of things. The gap which the government is creating in the education sector by allowing prolonged strike in the system, who is going to fill them?
But the leaders of the various unions who took turns to address the crowd lambasted the federal government for its nonchalant posture towards the development of education in the country.
The state chairman of the NLC, Eugene Manji, said, “Nigeria is standing still for our colleagues in tertiary institutions. They have been suffering for the past six months, and the situation is quite unfortunate.
“We are here to register our displeasure over the situation of things. The gap which the government is creating in the education sector by allowing prolonged strike in the system, who is going to fill them?
