Students mobilize for nationwide protests over poor power supply

Following a Joint Consultatory Assembly of all Nigerian Students held in Abuja over the last weekend, the National Association of University Students (NAUS) has decisively mobilized students from every state for a nationwide protest against what they described as the ineffective leadership at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission […]

Following a Joint Consultatory Assembly of all Nigerian Students held in Abuja over the last weekend, the National Association of University Students (NAUS) has decisively mobilized students from every state for a nationwide protest against what they described as the ineffective leadership at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).

Comrade Meshach Anthony Nwankwo, the Deputy National President (National and Campus Affairs) told newsmen that the protest is scheduled for Friday, November 1, 2024 and Monday, 4th November, 2024 and they are calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to remove the current heads of these agencies.

The urgency of this protest stems from the critical need for reliable electricity supply in Nigeria, where citizens endure an average of 12 hours of blackout daily.

The failure of TCN and NERC to manage the national grid effectively has resulted in repeated system collapses, undermining economic activities and educational opportunities across the nation. It is unacceptable that millions of Nigerians, particularly students, continue to suffer due to the incompetence of these officials, whose leadership has become synonymous with failure.

Comrade Meshach said “our assembly, representatives from universities across Nigeria voiced a collective outcry for accountability.

“The persistent power outages have severely disrupted academic schedules and diminished the quality of education. Reports indicate that students have lost up to 30% of instructional time due to these outages.”