By Our Correspondent <\/p>\n
Ireked by poor power supply in parts of Osun state, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest Zone D, staged a protest in Osogbo, Osun State, on Wednesday, decrying the epileptic power supply affecting campuses and student communities.<\/p>\n
The visibly angry students who converged under the November 27 Bridge marched through Ogoluwa, Olaiya flyover, MDS, and to the IBEDC Office at Station Road.<\/p>\n
The protesters were seen carrying placards with inscriptions like \u201cRestore Our Power Infrastructure In Southwest\u201d, \u201cNo More Darkness In Our Campuses & Communities\u201d among others.<\/p>\n
Addressing journalists on the sidelines of the protest the coordinator of the association, Adeyemo Josiah, called on the federal government to swiftly swing into action and eradicate the persistent blackouts in the state.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cWe are here today to register our voices, our displeasure in the current electricity crisis that we are facing nationwide. In recent times before now, we have addressed this issue in several press conferences, where we explained the issues our students are facing in our campuses, in our society regarding electricity. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou cannot expect our students to thrive where there is darkness, you cannot deny the fact that electricity is one of the basic needs that students need to have a successful activities in their activities, since we have this Press conferences and there have been no result, either the Federal Government Ministry of Power, or any other parastatals that is concerned, we have decided to come here on the street to register our concerns to let the whole world know that we are agitating not just for ourselves but the whole society and Nigeria as a whole.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know where to go if we want to make a magnanimous protest, Osogbo is not the headquarters of IBEDC we know where to go, we are registering our voices to let them know that if our concerns are not noted we will be forced to take our massive protest and we will not step down until they listen to us.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo the Power Minister while we cannot do his job for him, he has been appointed as the minister for power, it is his responsibility to ensure that we enjoy stable electricity in the country, if there are issues that the whole world should know, then he should come out to address us, we have written letters to him and we are expecting feedback, but if we hear nothing, he should know that we will not hesitate to come against him in mass, and we would register our voice to Mr President and even to all other government parastatals that Adelabu has not done us well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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