Thousands of market women have protested in the nation’s capital against the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and threatened a showdown with lecturers.
The angry women trooped to the federal secretariat, warning ASUU against blackmailing the government over a strike they described as suicidal to the education system.
Carrying placards with various inscriptions, the women and students took to the streets in open defiance to the rules of traffic. They say the union has been faceless in its negotiations despite the government’s 130billion naira intervention.
They insist they cannot fold their arms and watch their children continue to stay out of school for over three months in the guise of a strike they are beginning to see as irrational.
Protesting is not the only action they will take, the women gave the striking lecturers until the end of the month to resolve the crisis or face a showdown.
The women again gathered together at the ministry of education demanding audience from the Education minister.
As Nigerians await the two week ultimatum by the women, meetings to resolve the growing faceoff continue.