Polytechnic students have threatened to
disrupt
ongoing national confab in Abuja next week
Wednesday to protest months of closure of
their
schools.
Hundreds of them “will mobilize” to join
lecturers
from polytechnics and colleges of education,
who
have already planned in protest in Abuja next
week.
“We are supporting our lecturers because they
are
fighting for our own rights and those of all
polytechnics in the country,” said
Abdulmajeed
Oyeniyi, spokesman for National Association
of
Polytechnic Students.
Friday morning, bus loads of polytechnic
students
blockedtraffic at Federal Secretariat junction
in
central Abuja to protest their months of stay
at
home.
They demanded the sack of education
minister
Nyesom Wike, insisting on placards that he
was
“weak” and “not competent.”
They also called on federal government to
meet
their demands and targets.
The protesters came from states across the
country—Anambra, Adamawa, Kogi, Niger.
Heavy police presence met the protesters at
federal secretariat to control their flow and
movement, not to stop them.
Only hundreds were mobilized for the protest
in
Central Abuja, but future planned protests
could
see larger numbers as protesters continue to
reach out to fellow polytechnic students on
social
media.
“We want to send information to people that
are
not here today. By next week Wednesday we
are
stopping the confab in Abuja again,” said
Oyeniyi
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