Students of Osun State government-owned tertiary institutions, Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke, Osun State College of Education, Ila and Ilesa, Tuesday, continued the protest on the closure of their campuses.
The students had, as early as 9.00 am, reportedly converged at a popular Olaiya junction and frustrated traffic for about an hour before moving to the State Secretariat. During the protest, they were said to have blocked all roads leading to the secretariat.
The students were reportedly led by Mr. Adekunle Animasahun and Lukman Adekitan, who said their demands include immediate re-opening of their institutions, improvement of infrastructures in their institutions, recruitment of more lecturers and payment of salary arrears to workers.
While protesting for over an hour demanding the immediate re-opening of their campuses shut down nine months ago, the students allegedly prevented the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Grace Laoye-Tomori, from entering the Abeere Government Secretariat.
According to reports, Mr. Lawerence Oyeniran, the permanent secretary of the state Ministry of Education in his attempt to calm the students, was booed and later whiskered away by the police and men of the Directorate of State Services (DSS).
Laoye-Tomori, however, appealed for calm, assuring the protesting students that their demands would be met within a short period, adding that the state governor had directed Governing Boards of all the institutions to meet with the striking lecturers in order to resolve all the issues.
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