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A peaceful but heavy protest by students of
Auchi Polytechnic Auchi has brought vehicular
movement to an abrupt stop at the ever busy
Benin/Abuja express way, a road linking the
North and the south.
The students whose grievance was due to the
continued strike by the ASUP (Auchi poly
chapter) due to an unpaid arrears by the
Federal govt, undue demotion, sack and
suspension of some lecturers alleged to be
corrupt and other factors which the lecturers
are pushing on to be met by Management and
Federal govt of Nigeria.
Over two months now, academic activities in
the school has been epileptic and now, it has
been grounded totally following the strike
action by lecturers of the institution who are
at loggerhead with the management of the
school and the Federal govt. over the sack of
their colleagues alleged to be corrupt, payment
of arrears etc.
Trying to bring both the lecturers and the
management of the school to a round table
discussion by the SUG body proves abortive
as the lecturers are more agitative than ever.
And the students who seems to be the most
hit by the tussles has now took to the Federal
road carrying out a peaceful protest with
several inscriptions on their placards, thereby
sending signals to the appropriate authorities
to come to their aid as the tussles which
started since last year after the tenure of the
previous Rector has now be full blown, thereby
frustrating academic activities and stretching
the academic calendar of the school.
The protest is peaceful, but the Federal road
has been blocked by the students thereby
shutting movement for about two hours now.
Last year's academic calendar slid into this
year due to this same issue and many of the
final year students are still yet to be called for
service due to late or no registration for the
NYSC scheme.
[color =purple]OUR UNRELIABLE APROKO[/color] reports a male
student told him that all the male students
have vowed they are ready to protest the
strike from today until 11pm tomorrow to
show how determined they are to press for
lectures to begin. "It is not a disguise to avoid
Valentine's day with our girlfriends, we are
fighting for our rights." He said.
