Lasu Students protest continued closure of the institution

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Firstclass newsline crew sighted a former speaker of AOCOEDSU now a
student of lasu who was among the protesters,who declined to comment
on the issue.

Firstclass newsline learnt that the protesters, who marched to the
Governor's Office, Ikeja at about 1pm, demanded immediate re-opening
of the school, which was closed on March 16, 2015.
The placard-carrying protesters also appealed to Governor Babatunde
Fashola to address the lingering labour issues in the institution.
Some of the inscriptions on the placards read, "Re-open LASU now";
"After election, wetin remain"; "LASU students are ready to resume,"
and "We want to graduate," among others.
It will be recalled that the state-owned institution was closed prior
to the 2015 general elections.
While the state government cited elections for the closure, there was
also a brewing labour crisis which had threatened the peace in the
institution.
The crisis ─ a face-off between the Non-Academic Staff Union and the
school management ─ had caused the indefinite postponement of the 20th
convocation earlier scheduled for March 18 and 19, 2015.
The students on Thursday said it was no longer acceptable that the
institution should remain shut since the general elections had been
concluded for about three weeks.
President of the Student Union Government, Wasiu Adeyemi, said, "After
the elections, we expect that they would allow the students to come
back to school.
"But the government and the management have remained mute, which is
unacceptable.
We want to learn, we want tp go back to school."
The students, in a position paper submitted to the governor, further
appealed to Fashola to wade into the NASU/management face-off to let
peace reign in the school.
While they sang and danced to songs to support the protest, some of
the the students said they were optimistic that the government would
work on their pleas.
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