Students of tertiary institutions in Osun, Oyo and Ondo States yesterday protested against the recent hike in electricity tariff and petrol price in the country.
The protest wass organised by the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Zone D.
The students gathered in their hundreds at the different states capital. In Osogbo, hundreds of protesters converged at Freedom Park, in the Osun State capital.
The students came out with placards showing different inscriptions condemning the hike.
The students association’s spokesperson, Kazeem Israel:
“No doubt, this government has worsened all the crises it inherited from the last administration. In fact, the Buhari government is a clear example that we the students must go back to our revolutionary days as we cannot continue to lament,” he said.
“Today, education underfunding has become a norm, healthcare under the pandemic is undergoing cuts officially from government at all levels while the rich run to private hospitals and dash abroad through chartered flights leaving the plebeians to self-medicate.”
Israel said President Buhari should resign if he cannot reverse petrol price to N97 and stop the deregulation of the oil sector.
He should “stop the devaluation of the naira now, increase budgetary allocation to education to 35%, return to the old stamp duty price, give 500% increment to healthcare budget to reflect the pandemic era, pay N100,000 Cost of Study Allowance (COSA) to all students and stop the Anti-Social Media Bill Now.”
Speaking further at the protest ground, he said that no dialogue with the government would be accommodated.
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