Following the extension of ongoing strike action embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have, on Thursday have blocked the ife-ibadan expressway to show thier grievances.
The students converged at University campus gate on Thursday morning and marched down to the major highway which connects commuters traveling from Ife to Ibadan and vice versa.
The students who converged under the aegis of Fund Education coalition, vowed to continue the protests from today till their demands would be met by the federal government.
The students held placards bearing various inscriptions like “Fund Education Now”, “Education is not a Scam” among others, as they chanted “End ASUU Strike”.
DAILY GIST reports that ASUU is set to resume talks with the federal Government today after a breakdown in negotiations.
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