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| Osun tertiary institution students protesting in Osogbo |
Students
of Osun State owned tertiary institutions yesterday staged a protest over
continued strike by their lecturers owing to non-payment of salary by the state
government.
The
protest grounded activities at the state secretariat and office of the governor
for several hours. The students called on the state governor, Rauf Aregbesola,
to pay lecturers salary so that they could go back to school.
The
protesters include students of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State College
of Technology, Esa Oke, Osun State College of Education, Ilesha and Osun State
College of Education, Ila-Orangun.
The
leaders of Osun Axis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS
Joint Campus Council), Awowole Samuel and Adekitan Lukman said they embarked on
the protest, because the situation was affecting their education.
The
students lamented that Governor Rauf Aregbesola had totally neglected the
education sector in the state. All
efforts by men of the Nigeria Police Force to pacify the students were
fruitless.
Permanent
Secretary in the state Ministry of Education, Lawrence Oyeniran, who attempted
to address the students, was booed. They attempted to assault him but
operatives of the Directorate of State Security and policemen whisked him away.
The
students said, “The indefinite strike has been on since June 11th 2015. And we have used every peaceful means to
appeal to the Osun State government to find a lasting solution to problem".
"Sadly enough, since the strike commenced till this present moment, the
government of Osun has done nothing reasonable to persuade the lecturers to go
back to work and this shows that the present government has no concrete plan
for the education sector”.
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