Nurudeen also alleged that the Fashola administration denied the students of the institution their rights to education, noting that everything had turned upside down in the institution, which he said, was under lock and key.
He said the governor “has violated Section 3(1) of the law that established the institution. The section states that the university should be made available for all people irrespective of their socio-economic background and status. Now, the governor has made LASU the university of the rich contrary to the law.”
According to him, we will not stop until we hear something from the government. If the governor refuses to come out, we will remain here until he comes out. If the governor can respond to issues that are less important than this, he should come out and respond the students of the institution.
He added that since the institution “has been shut down, everything has turned upside down. Students are dropping from the university on daily basis. We decided not to engage the party leaders because the people in government do not understand any language. The only language they understand is protest.
“They have been promising that they will get back to us soon and very soon. Anything can be soon. So, we do not want to engage the leaders of the APC. We have resolved to fight this struggle by ourselves. We are a pressure group. We are a pressure group in the country. We can do this alone.
“We do not want any person to fight for us. We voted for Governor Fashola. We voted for all members of the state House of Assembly. As a result, we think he can help our situation. He has always promised us better rewarding future. How can we have a rewarding future without education?
“He has denied good education. He has neglected the law that created LASU. We wanted to go to court. We are not ready to leave here anytime soon until we hear something from the government. We have gone to Lagos Island. We have gone Ojota. We were at Oshodi last Tuesday.
“The police fired live bullets at us. The police manhandled us and arrested some of our colleagues. That is why we decided to come here today and tell the governor what is on our minds. The police called us to come and secure the release of our colleague,” the president explained.
Nurudeen added that the harassment by the police would not deter them from protesting against outright denial, demanding justice and fairness as well as seeking redress in every area they claimed the present administration has denied them of their rights to education.
He, therefore, said education “should be free from primary to tertiary levels if Fashola wants to practise what is in the manifestos of All Progressives Congress (APC). It should start from Lagos State, which is the basis of the party. It was from Lagos State that the APC was established before going to other states.
source: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/lasu-students-ignore-police-shut-fashola-s-office/180324/
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