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AAU Ekpoma Restricts Movement Amid Nationwide Protest
In anticipation of a nationwide protest planned for tomorrow, targeting issues of bad governance in Nigeria, Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma has imposed restrictions on the movement of students and staff.
The university’s management, led by Acting Registrar Comrade Ambrose E. Odiase, issued a directive restricting travel to only essential movements and confining individuals to their residences within the campus or nearby areas.
This precautionary measure aligns with a directive from the National Universities Commission (NUC), aimed at ensuring the safety of all university personnel amidst potential disturbances.
The university has coordinated with local security agencies to enhance security measures, ensuring the protection of lives and property within and around the campus grounds.
According to the statement released by the university, both students and staff are advised to minimize unnecessary travel during the period of the protests.
Specifically, students residing in the halls of residence are instructed to remain on campus, while those living off-campus should stay within their homes.
Staff and students are also encouraged to continue with their academic activities and avoid any areas where the protests might escalate, to reduce the risk of encountering any potential threats.
Despite the heightened security measures, the university’s administration reassures that students should proceed with their first-semester examinations without fear of disruption or intimidation.
TV anchor Rufai Oseni makes headlines as he speaks on fuel subsidy in Nigeria. He shared that Nigeria can have fuel subsidy without the long queues at filling stations.
“When we were still paying subsidies, there were no long queues. We were subsidising. So you can still have a subsidy regime going on, and there will be no long queues because production was close by. Dangote had it. That’s just it. That argument also falls flat.
“The biggest beneficiaries of subsidy are not Nigerians. They are crony capitalists that have big infrastructure, and they do contracts. They have been the biggest beneficiaries of the subsidy,” he said.
Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu, speaks to those in the electricity sector about the usual blackouts in the state.
He speaks on ways things can change in the state and how electricity can be provided.
“We need to drop corporate egos, abandon long-standing excuses, and confront the harsh realities obstructing progress in the power sector.”
“We, state governments, used to give excuses that everything is centralised, so the Federal Government has unbundled it now. What have we done in a year and a half?” Sanwo-Olu asked.
“We take two steps forward, we go five steps backward,” he said.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared Thursday, August 20, a work-free day for public servants in the state to mark the Isese Festival.
Speaking on the celebration, he said “Ìṣẹ̀ṣe is not a relic. It is a living expression of our traditions and a celebration of Yoruba spirituality as an important part of Nigeria’s cultural and religious landscape,” he said.
He added “When the drums sound in Lagos on Thursday, they answer drums in Havana, in Salvador, in Port of Spain. Fifty-five million people and counting. Lagos is not observing a local holiday. Lagos is standing at the centre of a global heritage,” Aregbe said.
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