As early as 7 a.m. today, the protesters gathered at the NNPC Mega Station junction along IBB Boulevard from where they marched to Kuto and linked Kemta area where the leader of the group, Dr. Dipo Fashina, addressed them. They later marched from Sapon to Ibara area.
The protest tagged: ‘Protest to Save Public Education,’ witnessed the display of various placards with inscriptions like ‘Save our future, don’t gamble with our lives,’ ‘Education is our right,’ ‘Jonathan, you are sleeping over this matter too much,’ ‘Our leaders are our problem,’ ‘Okonjo-Iweala, a liar; FG is not broke,’ among others.
In his Address to the protesters, Chairperson of JAF, Dr. Dipo Fashina, said the Federal government is not giving public education proper priority and are operating anti-poor policies, clearly seen through their actions.
“The Federal Government operates anti-poor policies and this is clearly expressed in their lack of disposition to public education. Funding of public education is not given the proper priority it deserves, because the children of those in government and their friends are being trained in private schools in Nigeria and foreign countries with the looted public funds. This explains why they are not bothered when public schools are shut and pupils and students have to remain at home for as long as the unions are frustrated to resume without government acceeding to their legitimate demands,” he stated.
Fashina said government should be blamed for all the crises in the education sector, including the incessant strikes, adding that the unions in the education sector were not making fresh demands. They are only asking for implementation of agreement entered into and signed since 2009.
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