ASUU Strike: You have the right to protest but that does not include the right to inflict pain and inconvenience on other people – Fashola tells students who blocked Lagos-Ibadan expressway
Minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola has described as illegal the decision of students under the aegis of NANS to block the famous Lagos-Ibadan expressway in their protest against the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU strike.
The demonstration prevented free movement inward and outward Lagos and also disrupted traffic flow from the Sagamu Interchange to the Makun City area.
Reacting to this, Fashola said the constitution protects citizens’ right to public protests but does not empower anyone to inflict pain and inconvenience on others.
He also apologized to commuters for the inconveniences they faced due to the protest
He said; “Once again, I apologise and empathise with commuters who need that place to get on with their lives. It’s the place we left to the last really because it’s the most built-up area, the last six kilometers into Lagos; very densely populated and occupied.
“There’s very little room for alternative routes for people. So, you just have to bear with us.I also heard that some aggrieved students under the aegis of NANS are going to the road to protest. My respectful view is that is not helpful at all to the citizens.
“The right to protest is a very well-protected right in our Constitution, but it does not include the right to inflict pain and inconvenience on other people. And so, whilst the protests can go on, they should refrain from blocking the road in order to do their protests. That in itself is a violation of law.
that is true too but most of those parents too are fathered those childrens…….
What we need now is to go to strategic area for world to see the level of damages that our leaders has done to our educational system
The reason why most of you didn’t bother is that your children are not schooling in this public universities. There is God ooo