Index to Nigerian Newspapers

Abiola Ajimobi's 2017 "constituted authority" episode, in which he addressed students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology who were protesting the extended closedown of their school, symbolised how public officials can be detached from the reality of the people they oversee. On Monday, Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, walked out on student leaders who had met with him over the ongoing strike action paralyzing activities in public universities. The NANS leaders were unprepared for the opportunity and had no points to present beyond the "aluta" rhetoric. Adamu should have known better, as the NANS leaders had an opportunity to present their cases to both the government and the public, demonstrating the value of education, the urgency of revamping it, and why the government owes us a strikeless future.