Osun students protest 9-month closure of
schools



Osogbo—Students of Osun State government-
owned tertiary institutions, yesterday for over
an hour, prevented the deputy governor, Mrs.
Grace Laoye-Tomori from entering the Abeere
Government Secretariat while protesting the
continued closure of their campuses.
The students, mainly from the four tertiary
institutions, Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun
State College of Technology, Esa-Oke, Osun
state College of Education, Ila and Ilesa,
participated in the protest which lasted
several hours.
The students demanded immediate re-
opening of their schools shut nine months
ago.
The students had, as early as 9.00 am,
converged on the popular Olaiya junction and
held up traffic for about an hour before
moving to the state secretariat.
During the protest, the students blocked all
roads leading to the secretariat and insisted
that their campuses be immediately reopened.
Attempt by the permanent secretary of the
state Ministry of Education Mr. Lawerence
Oyeniran, to pacify the students failed as he
was booed and later whiskered away by the
police and men of the Directorate of State
Services.
Leaders of the protesting students, Mr
Adekunle Animasahun and Lukman Adekitan
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.