Poly Students Threaten To Disrupt Confab Over Months Of Strike

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
blocked traffic 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

Source: Daily Trust