Nigerian University Students Students of universities in Benue state under th...
Nigerian University Students
Students of universities in Benue state under the aegis of concerned Benue
State Students, Wednesday staged a peaceful protest in Makurdi, the state
capital over the prolonged Federal Government/Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, face off. The aggrieved students who urged the Federal Government
to meet the demands of the striking ASUU members gathered at the second campus
of Benue State University, BSU, from where they marched peacefully to the main
campus on Gboko road chanting solidarity songs. Some of the students carried
placards with various inscriptions such as; “End ASUU strike now, “Open our
campuses, “All we ask is quality education,” “No to IPPIS, yes to UTAS”, among
others. Their leaders, Joseph Kizito, Students Union President of Benue State
University and Pius Adaji, Students Union President, University of Agriculture
Makurdi, who addressed the gathering decried the prolonged strike and appealed
to Federal Government to urgently meet and dialogue with ASUU to end the
strike. The students who ensured orderliness although the march also had
officers of the Nigeria Police who were on hand to forestall any breach of
public peace. It would be recalled that members of ASUU have been on strike for
the past six months demanding among others, that its members should be exempted
from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, recently
introduced by the Federal Government.
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