{"id":216442,"date":"2022-09-14T17:26:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T16:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=216442"},"modified":"2022-09-14T17:26:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T16:26:34","slug":"asuu-strike-protesting-students-block-lagos-ibadan-expressway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/14\/asuu-strike-protesting-students-block-lagos-ibadan-expressway\/","title":{"rendered":"ASUU Strike: Protesting students block Lagos-Ibadan expressway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Motorists and commuters traveling along the ever busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway corridor were on Wednesday, stranded following the protest embarked upon by Nigerian students in solidarity with the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).<\/p>\n<p>The students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian (NANS) had in their hundreds, stormed the expressway, barricaded the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, chanting the \u201caluta\u201d solidarity songs and condemning the Federal Government actions towards the ongoing strike.<\/p>\n<p>Led by the chairman of the Ogun State chapter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/06\/asuu-strike-nans-seeks-buharis-urgent-intervention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NANS<\/a>, Simeon Kehinde Damilola, the students converged at the Redeem Camp axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and blocked both sides of the road, thereby preventing traffic flow on both sides of the expressway.<\/p>\n<p>The development paralysed commercial activities in the axis, while hundreds of travellers also experienced traffic difficulties when they were trapped in the traffic gridlock that brought vehicular movement to a halt spanning over 6-kilometers, particularly at the Sagamu Interchange stretch of the expressway.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the students, Simeon described the President Muhammadu Buhari \u2013 led administration as a \u201cfailed government\u201d and declared their support for ASUU.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have started a major action today on ASUU Strike. 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