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Following a seven-month standoff between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has announced its intention to shut down all international airports in Nigeria.

Over the weekend, the national body of NANS met in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, and condemned the way the Federal Government was treating the lecturers on strike, as well as education in general.

Students claimed that the four-day closure of highways and expressways was a success, so they decided to halt international travel on September 19, 2022, so that the bourgeoisie and the government could suffer as students had for the previous seven months.

The NANS National Task Force on “End ASUU Strike Now” Chairman, Ojo Raymond Olumide, revealed that students were already tired of pleading with both parties about the necessity of ending the strike during a press conference.

“The President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration must settle all outstanding arrears and the lecturers’ salaries”, Olumide said, adding that the airports that would be occupied will remain closed until the strike is called off.

“We shall begin another round of protest next week by storming the airspaces on Monday, 19th September 2022 to #OccupyTheAirports. We want to let the world know about the pains and anguish students are going through.

“Nigerian students whose parents create the commonwealth cannot continue to be suffering at home alongside our lecturers while the few who gain from our sweats and blood have their kids abroad jollying and flexing.

“We will, by this statement, not beg again. We shall be mobilizing all students to shut down the country. No Education! No Movement!”

While chastising the Minister of Works, Babatunde Raji Fashola, for allegedly making a remark about students barricading federal roads, NANS voted no confidence in both the Ministers of Labour and Education.