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Men of the Lagos State Police Command, Lagos Airport Police Command and students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, may be set for a showdown over the students’ plan to ground the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos on Monday (today).

The students’ planned mass action is in continuation of their protest against the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

While the students told The PUNCH on Sunday that they will commence the grounding of the nation’s airports with that of Lagos on Monday (today), police authorities said the students “are free to come out and see what awaits them.”

NANs National Taskforce Chairman, Olumide Ojo, told one of our correspondents that the association was aware of the Federal Government’s plan to mobilise the military against its protest.

He said the move would, however, not stop the association’s protest at the Lagos airport.


Ojo said, “We can secure ourselves against external forces. We are aware that the Federal Government is mobilising the military to the venue of our protest but that will not stop us from barricading the airport.

“Since last Tuesday, we have been grounding the major highways from Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to Guru Maharaji, we blocked Gbongan and so on. These are the roads being used by the masses, so we decided to focus on the routes government officials use most, which are the international airports and others.

“Nigerians should reschedule their flights because tomorrow (today) will be grounded. No one will go out, no one will come in.”

NANS Coordinator, Zone D, Adegboye Olatunji also confirmed the development in a separate interview.

He noted that the Lagos airport would be the first among the airports to be grounded by the students.


“The Lagos airport will be grounded on Monday (today). All we want is for the government to answer us. We want an end to the strike

Police dismiss threat

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police Command dismissed the threat by the student body to ground operations at the Lagos airport and urged citizens to go about their lawful duties.

The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin said, “Speaking from a position of confidence, everything is intact, and there is no threat on the airport or the airspace.

“However, the protesters who issued the threat are free to come out and see what awaits them. We, however, urge law-abiding Lagosians to go about their lawful duties without fear of intimidation or harassment.”

The airport police command’s spokes person, Olayinka Ojelade, also said, “Our men have been on standby since Friday, so nobody is folding arms to watch the students disrupt aviation activities.

“They can’t enter the airport; they can only block the entrance to the airport. Whoever is travelling will know how to by them and enter the airport. No airline is on strike, so, they will attend to their engers. Nobody can ground flight operations, they have been warned.”

FAAN allays fear

The spokesperson for the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Hope Ivbaze noted that security had been beefed up at the airport because the airport is the nation’s gateway.

She said, “You won’t expect that this kind of information will go around and security will not be beefed up.


“The airport is the nation’s gateway. Certainly, we have existing security operatives at the airport and when there are things like this, security is further beefed up.’’

ASUU backs NANS

The National President, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in an interview with The PUNCH, however, commended the students for fighting for their rights.

“We commend NANS for fighting for their rights. It is their right. The pro-chancellors are doing well too. We hope the government will listen to them because they (pro-chancellors) understand what is happening in the Nigerian universities,” he said.

Osodeke also informed The PUNCH that it would honour the invitation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila to a meeting on Tuesday.

Group warns students

Meanwhile, the Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria has appealed to the leadership of NANS to rescind its decision to occupy the nation’s airports.

The group made the appeal in a statement tly signed by its National Coordinator, Ibrahim Abdullahi and National Secretary, Dr Nasir Balogun, which was made available to journalists on Sunday.

The group warned that street protests leading to blockage of federal highways, access to airports and disruption of flights would lead to a breakdown of law and order.

The union, on February 14, 2022, embarked on a strike following what it described as the failure of the government to meet some of its demands and on August 26, it declared a total and indefinite strike.

https://punchng.com/Students-to-ground-Lagos-airport-police-threaten-showdown

Wow

Dey should take it easy, cos anything that has to do with police for this our country ehn

Lekki shoot out
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Different location.

If this will remind those in authority about the continued stay at home by the students; then why not?

Interesting.

The current lingering ASUU strike has continued to question the Apc government's commitment and value for education. With constant promises, failures and threats, one begins to wonder about the sincerity of the Apc government in ending the lingering strike.
Nigerians and the youth have suffered enough and now is the time for our voices to be heard by ensuring we vote in candidates with competence, pedigrees and intelligence to rule.
We cannot be suffering and smiling
Let the government settle this once and for all


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Anything Police I no dey go near am nd I see say na dem dey play the victim card now...


Dem go deal with u provoke u dem no go record that na when you start to react dem go start to record...

How can these so called idiots have enough money to do campaigns but won’t let students just have the education in peace …

In one breadth they are in court to compel FG and ASUU to resolve the issue, in another they are breaking the law by resorting to this self help nonsense. They will not help ASUU or politicians funding them.

FG has no N1.3 trillion for ASUU, SSANU, NASU, NAAT so the students should demand that FG and the unions raise school fees to make up the difference and make FG stop creating new universities.

Some of those fees in FG universities are completely impractical .For example, paying N90 for accommodation for 1 full session in 2022 to enjoy all hostel facilities and services is ludicrous because it is not even up to the cost to print the reciept!!

Full scholarships should go to only serious, hardworking and diligent students who are top in both character and learning , nowhere in the world is free or subsidized university education for academically weak and unserious students who fail because of their unseriousness and end up being kicked out of the university after wasting the slot. It is completely inappropriate use of scarce resources to subsidize university 'student' who is not serious in character and learning.

Those 'students' with a horrible entitlement mentality, lazy youth idlying away on social media insulting Buhari and others old enough to be their grandparents should pay full raised fees to get them to become serious enough to switch back to scholars. University education that can not be completely free should devote its free services from scarce resources to only those students who take scholarship and university education serious.

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When the president have a NEPA bill or bread label as certificate and his children spends thousands of dollars and pounds in foreign universities to learn photography, how do you want him to care about ASUU strike?

This Is The Reason Why Oga Just Dey Vex

Which showdown? In fact the police should the protest

I pity the students. The I don’t care altitude from Buhari is annoying.

This is long over due. I've been expecting this from our students.

This gunment must here word

FreeStuffsNG:
In one breadth they are in court, in another they are breaking the law. They will not help ASUU or politicians funding them.
FG has no N1.3 trillion for ASUU, SSANU, NASU, NAAT so the students should demand that FG and the unions raise school fees and make FG stop creating new universities.

did you just say "raise school fees" ? From which money abeg? People are hungry... you dey say raise school fees. Shey you know say some people dey do shit just to pay fees ba? Then imagine raising the level of shit they have to do.

Lagos the overrated state

This one they said if police slap you, you got no right to respond. ..

EndSars was a rare opportunity to show these guys that we matter too. Na we use hand scatter the movement oursef.

So me as student I will go protest where I fit die? I deh ment?
If school no work, I go learn work.

tony0806:
If this will remind those in authority about the continued stay at home by the students; then why not?

U that's encouraging this hope you'll be part of the protesters because i don't wanna hear any bad news concerning the protesting students. We all knw how wicked this current apc istration is so i don't studnts to do anyfin that will take their lives cos nobody will fight 4 them after they're gone

niel63:


did you just say "raise school fees" ? From which money abeg? People are hungry... you dey say raise school fees. Shey you know say some people dey do shit just to pay fees ba? Then imagine raising the level of shit they have to do.

Suggest a way out. It is not funny. N1.3 trillion is huge and not achievable especially for as long as fees are not raised and universities not privatised

FreeStuffsNG:
In one breadth they are in court, in another they are breaking the law. They will not help ASUU or politicians funding them.
FG has no N1.3 trillion for ASUU, SSANU, NASU, NAAT so the students should demand that FG and the unions raise school fees and make FG stop creating new universities.

If you ever make it to position of authority, your manner of governance will be horrible. Did you actually say students should demand that they pay more?

To be honest, I think the FG has tried it's best to resolve these issues with ASUU.

The only thing that's not stopping the strike from going on is ASUU's demand to be paid for the time they are on strike. Basically being paid for no work. ASUU is the selfish party here. NANS should do well and protest against ASUU.

I know it's very easy for Nigerians to always blame government in every issue. In fact, it's the default attitude of most Nigerians, even before understanding the issues.

ASUU is trying to armtwist and blackmail the government, in my opinion. No one gets 100% of their in negotiation. ASUU wants the FG to do things in their way.

My advice to FG is to privatise the Universities once and for all. Then provide student loans through an education board. This way, FG directly invests in the education of the students.

FG should strip itself of some responsibilities.

Police cooperation matters alot, that's how Egyptian government was brought down

However, the protesters who issued the threat are free to come out and see what awaits them.

APC have dealt with us, no freedom of speech, association and protest. Protesters only said " they will protect themselves" and Police department are battle ready to do "Lekki Toll Gate part 2". Time to be Obidient and Yusuful is now.

Naso
Only Airport and cows b d only thing this govt take serious

adenigga:



https://punchng.com/Students-to-ground-Lagos-airport-police-threaten-showdown

Yorubas leading the fight against government, disrupting movement of highways, ensuring their voices are heard by demanding their rights from Govt.

U won't see our hairy neighbour here, but if its online they would have beat their chest n be forming something with their new pet(Edo people)


NANS should on to demand their right, public Education is dying gradually

Kingpee2:
How can these so called idiots have enough money to do campaigns but won’t let students just have the education in peace …

It is ASUU that won't allow you have your education in peace. Once ASUU calls it off, government won't stop them.

Lol