Some college students of the College of Benin stormed the ever-busy Benin-Ore-Sagamu to protest over the continuing strike by the Educational Employees Union of Universities (ASUU).
The scholars expressed their frustration over the incessant strike of college lecturers whereas urging the federal authorities to heed ASUU calls for.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) studies that the protesting college students carried placards with varied inscriptions similar to "5 years course has turned to 7 years; "FG settle ASUU" and "Enough is Enough."
Main the protest, the President of the College students Union Authorities (SUG) within the establishment, Foster Amadin, mentioned that they had been pissed off by the perennial strikes by the tutorial union.
"Since two days now, we have been to our classes and there have not been lecturers to teach us. So we have nothing to do."We asked what was happening and they told us ASUU is on strike again; that they are on one-month warning strike.
"So we now felt that we should come to the street to say we are tired.
"We hereby express our grievances to the federal government, to the state government and whoever cares to listen and. We say we are tired.
"We want to graduate. For a programme that is supposed to run for four years, we are spending five years and even more. We don't want it anymore.
"Let the federal government see to the demands of ASUU and let ASUU also consider the federal government's position.
"All we want is to go back to our classes. I want to graduate, I want to leave the school. I am tired and that is our grievance," he mentioned.
