Soji Ajibola, Author at Tribune Online

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), B zone has given the Federal Government a 24-hour ultimatum to end the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) or risk barricade of its roads network in Oyo State. The Union on Monday staged a warning protest in Ibadan where it called on FG and ASUU to reach a compromise or incur the wrath of students nationwide. NANS noted with dismay the impact of the prolonged ASUU strike on the future of its members. Addressing the newsmen, its Southwest coordinator, Comrade Tegbe Steven wondered why the same ASUU that always assist politicians to rig elections in the Country is now turning against the same system. Steven who led over 500 placard carrying protesters with inscriptions such as ; "FG and ASUU, Stop the madness. Stop the strike and revertalise our education, After the end of strike, only students lose. FG should learn to respect agreement. Age is irriversible, house rents are not refundable stop distrupting our life plans. The state coordinator said; "We are holding our peaceful demonstrating here today because of the lingering crisis between the ASUU and federal government which has been a reoccurring event over the years. Unfortunately, we students are always been at the receiving end. If the federal government and ASUU refused to resolve today, we won't hesitate to go by the way of violence. It is going to be a violence for violence and war for war. They cannot continue to be wasting our time. When two elevants fight, it is the grass that suffers. "We are calling on the federal government to learn how to respect agreement. We have seen in many occasions when the federal government and ASUU reached agreement but the federal government failed to fulfil the pledge. We are also calling on ASUU to have a decisive ways of spending their resources, even when their demands are met. "This is because we want to see the projects they are doing with the subvention they are receiving from the federal government. Our people are complaining that they don't use to see what they are doing with the money release to them. Meanwhile, it is the same members of ASUU that rig elections for politicians. Though we don't have any issue with them because they are our fathers and teachers but we need to say the truth. "Again, ASUU members should have a decisive ways to deal with issues rather than going on strike all the time because they are wasting our time. We are appealing to the federal government and ASUU to resolve the issue and allow us to go back to our various classes. "All the attempt to send us back to the street will be resisted. The protest is holding across the country today. If the Federal government refused to settle today, we shall continue to return to street for protest until our demands are met. The instruction from the national office of NANS is that all the federal roads should be blocked but as a coordinator, i have to consider many factors including security implications before given such instruction to block all the roads. "If peradventure ASUU and federal government refused to make up today, we will block all the federal roads tomorrow." YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THESE HEADLINES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE We Have Not Had Water Supply In Months ― Abeokuta Residents In spite of the huge investment in the water sector by the government and international organisations, water scarcity has grown to become a perennial nightmare for residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. This report x-rays the lives and experiences of residents in getting clean, potable and affordable water amidst the surge of COVID-19 cases in the state...Electoral committee Electoral committee Selfies, video calls and Chinese documentaries: The things you’ll meet onboard Lagos-Ibadan train The Lagos-Ibadan railway was inaugurated recently for a full paid operation by the Nigerian Railway Corporation after about a year of free test-run. Our reporter joined the train to and fro Lagos from Ibadan and tells his experience in this report...Electoral committee Electoral committee