 While still on the breakfast and plus TV Africa let's quickly look at what's happening with the Nigerian I mean National Association of Nigerian student as a rollout, you know a new timetable for a nationwide protest in the timetable signed by the president elect of the student body Nans scheduled the protest to hold zone by zone from zone a to zone f with Abuja being the location for the final protests The protests which have already begun started in September will run till October the 11 2022 and after which We will be Showdown at the end of the day where the president will leave to find a protest to shut down a bourge as it were and Nans is protesting the prolonged strike action by the academic staff union of universities and Nans had grounded activities of major highways in the country in the past one week including the more Tala Mohammed high International Airport in Lagos that happened on Monday to protest against ASU and As a strike to press on their demands as well, and that's it. We have a Kintay Baba Tunde who is the vice president of Nans. He joins us right here Good morning. I can tell you all right so quickly. Can you bring us a speed with what's going on? With the protests where what what's the next protest going to happen? With the schedule of activities the next protest is supposed is supposed to happen in a demo That is really noticed At the international airport, I think so it's supposed to happen there, but as we speak We are contemplating and reviewing the court judgment Towards ASU yesterday Because we want to see as we are trying to reach the official reaction to it And to know if finally We are stepping down the agitation because what we want is Them to open the school. So if ASU is going along with the decision of the court judgment of the public I believe We should do Then there's no reason to continue the protest But if they are not if they are telling us they will not open the school I think we'll see how to see them and review our our actions Miss kind of action for us So but just before my colleague comes in now and I can tear we noticed that Nans have been very deliberate with You know the airport I mean for instance or transportation The roads particularly maybe you you actually target several roads and all of that and you have mentioned that there's a plan to You know be in a dam or am I correct? Yes Now now you're talking about the airport what why have you chosen? You know to pressure the government using the airports and the major roads the federal government roads Because we believe the best way to get your actions and answer from them is through to country economic activities of the country and That is why you see there is so Magnificent about your step especially about going to court There are actions towards it Since we started granting the roads and the airport So we want to join the economic activities and that the best way to target is to target the movement of the people From one place to another when the people side getting angry Then the rate of the people that will communicate it out of the talking on this issue will increase gradually And the best to get a reaction is the highway or the airport. The airport generated a lot of reactions The best reaction super in the issue of in this office is about in this country So that is why we identify the best way to hold the government Responsible and that's why we say we are going to highway or the airport So we see the highway affects the majority of the masses who are able without affecting the alike at all But here what affects everybody every one of us That's why we've seen we said we are going to guard all international airport around the country all right There have been some developments in in this Asus strike situation in the last 24 to 48 hours and last 48 hours actually Of course, I'm sure you're welcome the national industrial court Order to the lecturers to go return to the status quo and take Go back to the classroom basically and also I'm sure you're well for the meeting and agreement reached between the leadership of the House of Representatives and the leadership of also which of which the the Speaker of the House of Reps will be presenting to President Bawari to see what can be done. He also wants to speak to the financial Managers of the Federation to see what can be done and looking at what is what is on the table now is your protest still necessary Universalism is home today He's seen us at the best interest of with the student with what they're saying But that's what I'm saying is that going back to class is not They are not going back happily the student will be affected this other but to be selfish in our own part We just want them to obey the order and open the school So you have opened the school there is no need for further actions But we our actions is not based on what the speakers of rep is doing or what? In what he wants to give to the president on that they have several months to do that They have the past several months to do that So it's not based on what they are saying or what they want to do what the report wants to give to the president but our action now is based on the Court order that the court gave to the assay to give to us yesterday So in those cycles tell us to resume pending determination of the suit So if I say to come back and resume now, then we don't have any Refuses to go back to the classroom Yeah, we now have to sit down we are going to sit down as a body to review our activities To be more pragmatic about it. There's no we can rule out our activities our actions There's no we can really doubt if the schools are not being opened Because we now have to question for that on both the ASU and the pedagogy So in all of this you're saying that what you know Nance is forward standing phone has been protesting for is that the school should just You know be opened. That's what you're about So it's not that you're on the side of the government or on the side of ask you You're just on the side that the school should be open whether or not the agreement have met have been met But I'd like to ask you if you look at some of the issues that ask you have actually put on ground I mean they have talked about agreements from way back from 2009 Revitalization allowances and what have you and these issues if you if you look at you know the state of our universities They are actually, you know real So What are the thoughts or what's the position of Nance in the situation with all of this now? I have I have said it earlier. You see in the Constitution section for this of section 2. He stated it clearly that the federal government should provide for the charism of teachers and To provide a basic and a basic good Good the basis of our education for us in the country So the federal government are filled in that that is why we are having this fight It is not just about the school being open. We said proper funding of education is part of our education But since the court is coming from this angle and saying I've said it earlier that even we know that this judgment is still going to work against the students Because if you are bringing back or not be lecturers to classroom But what do you think they are bringing back lecturers? Go ahead. They are bringing lecturers that are not happy, that are not being fed, that are not glad Even on the environment if they are not conducive for us to study It is still going to go back to the students But we don't we don't we do not want it to appear as if we are telling us what to do Or we are making decision for us to But majority of us our decision and our work we are in solidarity with us on this on this issue Because some of the agitations have to do with the students So do you think it's okay? Do you think it's okay for you know ask you to Go ahead and you know get back to the classroom Without the government meeting the demands. I mean these are this is an agreement that has been Since 2009 and what have you do you think it would be okay for us to go back to the classroom? No, it's not okay, and it's not fair. But you're asking the classroom should just be open That's what your purpose is. What I am saying is that this is a this is a case of law in a situation like this now a judgement has come And we don't we did not want to hear they want to decide what to do But as to it is a it to be selfish in our interest to be selfish on our side students want to go back to school and Telling you what majority of the strength are saying that I don't see that up. You know this we know the country We are you know which today win a chance. We tend to adapt with many of the stations the government has thrown at us So soon I don't even mind many of it. I don't even mind what the Environment we have some just want to go back to school But what we really want the education to be funded properly? We want majority of the Of the agreement signed with us to be reached, but it is not in our power. All right, and we cannot say Yeah, we're out of time very quickly I think you were speaking to that very quickly if you go back to school The lectures obey the court order and they'd refuse to teach you like the chairman has said the president of us You can force a horse to the river. You can force it to drink. Whoa. Well, that's you just very quickly briefly And that is not it. That is where the biggest problem will be For instance, let me tell you majority of us joining this protest after now majority of us are those that are really determined That are not many parents are not allowing their students students to come outside That you don't come outside to go so by the time you bring people crap away from their parents to school And you are not teaching them last week lecturers are not teaching them Then if you give us more strength to agitate and to protest and that is the better government to know what they've done All right. So to us is a win-win matter. I can't thank you so much for your time And we'll do some more talking with you as events on for we appreciate rejoining us and stay safe All right, he's the vice president of National Association of natural students a mess is a quite an interesting way No, you know the song played in my head. You know somebody in chemo or the Nigerian actor Reminds is a green man to you That is a green man to you Well, you know, I really I mean as much as a lot of persons are very you know in support of what's going on But I mean and some people are saying what do you expect them to do get to the street and protest So it's not my concern here is on whose side that young because I mean you can't be on both sides That's really I know we need to go but the question is on whose side is not on No, but you ask the question if they get back to the classroom and the lecturers refused to lecture what happens No, they've said already. 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