NANS, Thursday, stormed
the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, where the Federal Government delegation
was meeting with the leadership of Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, demanding that the ongoing strike be called off.
ASUU strike Breaking: FG accuses opposition of working hard to
discredit poll The students’ union members had tried to forcefully
enter the secretariat and to the conference hall of the ministry of
Labour and Employment where the minister, Senator Chris Ngige, was
leading the government team in the conciliatory meeting but were
stopped by security agents. However, three persons, led by Danielson
Akpan, were allowed to enter and meet with the parties. While the meeting was going on, in
the conference hall of the ministry, the students stayed outside
chanting solidarity songs. Akpan said, “We are here to make a statement
to say enough is enough. The handshake has gone beyond the elbow. A lot
of politics is played with our destiny. We demand that our campuses
must be opened. This strike must be suspended today (Thursday). There
is no need to prolong anything. “They should sit down and resolve this
issue. If they are hungry, we will go and buy food for them. Twenty
two million students are about to be disenfranchised (in the
forthcoming elections)