Students of the Lagos State University on Thursday
staged a protest at the office of Governor Babatunde
Fashola in Ikeja over the failure to reopen the
institution after it was closed for the general
elections.

No fewer than 200 protesters sang and carried placards
condemning the closure.

Some of the inscriptions on the placards include
“Open our University”, “We are tired of sitting at
home” and “After the elections, what again?”

The security details at the governor’s office had a
hectic time controlling some of the students who
danced round the entrance, ventilating their anger.

A few others were seen inside the no fewer than six
buses they had brought, loudly lamenting their pains
over the situation.

The President of the university’s Students’ Union,
Wasiu Adeyemi, who led the protest, said the
continued closure of the institution three weeks after
the elections was indefensible.

“We are here to show our dismay and displeasure
about the situation at the Lagos State University.
“On March 16, the Management of the university
closed the institution for an election recess because
they believed there was going to be a post-election
crisis.

” But disappointingly, three weeks after the election,
the management is yet to open the institution for
normal activities.
“The election is over and there is no crisis, so why
should we continue to remain at home when Gen.
Muhammed Buhari who won the election is not on
recess.

” We tried our best to reach the management to call
the commissioner and the Special Adviser on
Education to do something about the situation. We
wrote them several times but up till now nothing
has been done.

“The situation is not acceptable to us and that is
why we have resorted to this protest, ” he said.
Adeyemi said the students were aware of the lingering
battles between the management of the university and
the various workers’ unions over salaries and other
benefits.

He said the crisis should not be a reason for not
reopening the university, pointing out that the
disagreements could be ironed out even as the school
was open for normal activities.

The Student Union President said that students had
appealed to the feuding parties severally to resolve
their differences in the interest of institution’s
stability.

“We have been playing a mediator role between ASUU,
SSANNU and the management towards resolving their
differences.
“If the crisis is the reason for shutting the school,
that is clearly in the extreme because when two
elephants fight, the grass suffers.

“We are tired of sitting down at home. We do not
want our four years to extend beyond that .We want
something to be done on the closure urgently, “he
said.

Adeyemi criticised Fashola for what he called his
indifferent attitude toward the present situation in
the school, saying as governor and Visitor of the
school, his swift intervention was needed.

He therefore urged the governor to live to his status
as the father of the university by urgently taking
steps to restore normalcy to the school.

http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2015/04/30/lasu-students-protest-over-school-closure/

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that is not the picture of lasusu's protest



nice move by lasusu anyway #aluta continua............. victoria ascerta

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