Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday took their protest in solidarity with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
They called on the Federal Government not to deny the children of the less privileged quality education in the country.
The PUNCH reports that the NLC had declared a two-day protest in solidarity with ASUU, and other sister unions whose continued industrial action had grounded activities in the Nigerian tertiary institutions.
Workers in various states of the Federation began the protest on Tuesday, warning the Federal Government to accede to the demands of ASUU in order for the academic union to reopen Nigerian universities that have been closed down for over five months.
The Abuja protesters were led by the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba; ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke; his predecessor, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi; the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore; an activist and ex-lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, among others.
They converged on the Unity Fountain and thereafter marched to the National Assembly as operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps joined the protesters to ensure their safety.
The protesters displayed placards with inscriptions such as, “Pay our salaries according to the impact we make on the system,” “IPPIS incompatible with university operations,” “When enough is not enough,” “Students are our assets,” and “Your children can’t be schooling abroad while ours are sitting idle in our homes,” among several others.
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