The Federal Government on the recent protest by the National Association of Nigerian Students as a Violation of the law for causing a traffic gridlock at the busy section of the Lagos Ibadan Express way.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made the statement, while briefing State House correspondents shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, today.
Fashola noted that the Nigerian constitution recognises and protects the citizens’ right to public protests but does not empower any Nigerian to “inflict pain and inconvenience on other people.”
You will recall that the protest staged by members of the National Association of Nigerian Students on Tuesday led to a gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, leaving motorists and passengers stranded.
The protest took place just after the Sagamu Interchange section of the expressway, towards Lagos.
Responding to this Professor Tejumaiye of the Department of Mass Communication University of Lagos had this to say.
