Members of the South East zone of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and their counterparts in Ogun and Oyo in the South West region have given the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) a nine-day ultimatum to open all public universities in Nigeria.
Last Monday, ASUU, extended its three-month old warning strike by yet another three months.
The union had embarked on a nationwide warning strike on February 14, 2022.
According to the statement, from May 20 to May 25, 2022; after the expiration of the ultimatum, they would take up measures that would see Nigerian students of the South-East extraction in their numbers blocking one of the major entrances into South-East – The Niger Bridge.
It said: “We will also block all the three airports in the South-East, which included: Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu; Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri and Anambra Passenger and Cargo International Airport, Umeri, Anambra.
“Thus, halting all movement to and from these axis of the South-East.
“It is our hope it does not get to this point, but when we are pushed to the wall, we are ready to hold the bull by the horn. Emphatically, we remphasise once again that government should show a commitment to the oath of protecting the interest and welfare of Nigerians and Nigerian students which they swore to.
“We enjoin all students in the South-East to remain law abiding and peacefully but stay at alert and be on the lookout for instructions from its leadership as events unfolds. When it becomes inevitable, the call to action will be made.”
