Kwara NLC Protest over Continue ASUU Strike By Hammed Shittu in Ilorin Kwara state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday joined the national body of the union to stage a p
Kwara state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday joined the national body of the union to stage a peaceful protest along major streets of Ilorin, the state capital to call for the the implementation of the agreement with Academic Staff Union of Universities by the federal government., members of the union which included NLC, ASUU, NASU, SANU and other allied unions came out in large numbers to stage the peaceful protest that started at the state secretariat of the NLC, Ilorin.
They moved across the major areas of Ilorin, the state capital so as to educate the members of the public on the protest. He said the federal government had signed an agreement with ASUU some years back on university revatalisation and other sundry issues but without any implementation. “Let the government tell us which of our demands which are not legitimate. We have right to ask for what we deserve.
He added that no nation could grow beyond its intellectual capacity, adding that Nigerian education deserves reinessance.
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