The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Ekiti State chapter, is to shut down all tertiary institutions in the state on Tuesday, to protest the hike in the price of Premium motor spirit, fondly called petrol by the federal government.
This was said in a statement by the chairman of the chapter, Comrade Shina Awopeju, on Sunday, that the astronomical increase of the pump price of petrol from N87 to N145 by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government , was ‘’cruel , wicked, insensitive and brazenly oppressive.’’
Awopeju said all tertiary institutions in the state, both private and public , would be shut down on Tuesday, May 17 in protest if President Buhari refuses to reverse the policy, he described as ill-timed and obnoxious.
“We are going to shutdown the campuses all over the federation and reenact the Occupy Nigeria Protest against the removal of subsidy from petroleum products next week, ”
