National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) on Tuesday protested on the streets of Awka, Anambra State over the continued closure of universities all over the country.
The protesters , wielding placards, said the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have one week to reopen universities, or risk having the country shut down.
Chairman of the Anambra State chapter of NANS, Comrade Peter Onyemaefe said ASUU and Federal Government were destroying the future of the youths and the country, noting that such must stop.
He said that the federal government and ASUU were playing with the future of the country by keeping its productive youths idle for months.
He lamented that students now spend six or seven years doing a four year programme without hope of graduation, nor any hope after graduation.
He said they pay extra house rent, extra school fee and feeding allowances because of the incessant strike, which is causing students to get involved in armed robbery, prostitution, yahoo, yahoo and many others criminal activities.
He said that they will continue to create crisis if the government and ASUU don’t reach agreement in a week. re playing with us.
There was major gridlock in Awka and environs as students blocked major roads in the capital territory, including the Enugu-Onitsha expressway.
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